Description
Uninitialized Use in GPU in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 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: 2026-05-28
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

An uninitialized use fault in the GPU components of Google Chrome on Android allows a malicious renderer process to read memory that should have been sanitized, enabling leakage of cross‑origin data from other origins. The flaw, classified as CWE‑457 "Uninitialized Variable" and CWE‑824 "Partial Buffer Overwrite", is associated with a low CVSS score of 3.1 but is labeled as high severity by Chromium. Based on the description, it is inferred that the attacker must first compromise the renderer process, which can be achieved by visiting malicious web content or exploiting another vulnerability, and then trigger the bug through a specially crafted HTML page that exposes sensitive information such as cookies, local storage, and other confidential data from other domains.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects all Android installations of Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216. Users who have not updated to this or later releases are therefore susceptible.

Risk and Exploitability

The EPSS score of less than 1% indicates a very low probability of public exploitation, while the CVSS score of 3.1 and absence from CISA’s KEV catalog reinforce a low overall risk assessment. However, since the attack requires compromising the renderer process, the threat is confined to scenarios where an attacker can inject malicious content that the renderer will process. Once the renderer is subverted, the attacker can read cross‑origin data via the crafted page, compromising confidentiality.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 29, 2026 at 20:35 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Google Chrome update for Android (version 148.0.7778.216 or later) as noted in the official release notes.
  • Enable site isolation or reduce renderer privileges by configuring Android Chrome to enforce strict partitioning of rendering processes, limiting a compromised renderer’s ability to access cross‑origin memory.
  • Remove or disable third‑party extensions that inject or modify HTML content, as they can provide a vector for renderer compromise until the browser is patched.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 29, 2026 at 20:35 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Fri, 29 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

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

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'}


Fri, 29 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Use in GPU Exposes Cross‑Origin Data via Render Process Compromise chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in GPU
Weaknesses CWE-824
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 29 May 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Uninitialized Use in GPU Exposes Cross‑Origin Data via Render Process Compromise
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 28 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Uninitialized Use in GPU in Google Chrome on Android prior to 148.0.7778.216 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: 2026-05-29T16:25:37.004Z

Reserved: 2026-05-28T17:24:51.425Z

Link: CVE-2026-9920

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T16:25:34.046Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-28T23:16:50.090

Modified: 2026-05-29T18:17:14.977

Link: CVE-2026-9920

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-9920 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T20:45:07Z

Weaknesses