Description
Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-08-06
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Uninitialized memory use in Skia, the graphics library in Google Chrome, may allow a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to read memory containing data from another origin, enabling a leak of cross‑origin information. This is an information‑disclosure vulnerability, corresponding to CWE-457 for uninitialized variables.

Affected Systems

Google Chrome browsers running any version prior to 151.0.7922.109 are affected. Versions before the specified release may still be vulnerable to the described memory‑use bug.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 3.1 indicates low overall severity, but on Chromium’s own scale the vulnerability is classified as high. Exploitation requires an attacker to control the renderer process, which is a non‑local attack vector that could be achieved if that process is compromised. No public exploit code or EPSS score is listed, and it is not in the CISA KEV catalog. Nonetheless, the combination of internal high severity and the potential for data leakage warrants prompt remediation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 7, 2026 at 02:51 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Chrome to version 151.0.7922.109 or newer, which includes the Skia initialization fix.
  • Enforce strict renderer sandboxing and disable cross‑origin rendering of untrusted content to limit potential leakage if the renderer becomes compromised.
  • Disable hardware‑accelerated graphics to reduce Skia area of exposure until the patch is applied.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 7, 2026 at 02:51 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4728-1 chromium security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6422-1 chromium security update
History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Skia Memory in Google Chrome Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Skia Memory in Google Chrome Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Uninitialized Use in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-457
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T00:25:17.447Z

Reserved: 2026-08-06T16:51:50.416Z

Link: CVE-2026-19161

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T00:25:11.391Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-06T22:16:58.457

Modified: 2026-08-07T15:08:27.930

Link: CVE-2026-19161

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T03:00:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-457

    Use of Uninitialized Variable