CVE-2026-10002: Use after free in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-10002 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the PDFium component of Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially cause heap corruption by crafting a malicious PDF file. The vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit and affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is a use-after-free in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.216. Exploitation involves a crafted PDF file that triggers heap corruption, potentially allowing remote code execution or other impacts. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor advisory indicates a stable channel update has been released to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to heap corruption, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Chrome version 148.0.7778.216 that fixes this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the report.
CVE-2026-10002: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-10002 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the PDFium component of Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.216. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially cause heap corruption by crafting a malicious PDF file. The vulnerability requires user interaction to exploit and affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Google has published a stable channel update addressing this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a use-after-free in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.216. Exploitation involves a crafted PDF file that triggers heap corruption, potentially allowing remote code execution or other impacts. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction needed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor advisory indicates a stable channel update has been released to fix the issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to heap corruption, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Chrome version 148.0.7778.216 that fixes this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the report.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-28T17:25:11.764Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a18c64be29bf47b503b4c2b
Added to database: 05/28/2026, 22:48:43 UTC
Last enriched: 06/05/2026, 21:07:05 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:57 UTC
Views: 49
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