CVE-2026-11305: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome. When processing a maliciously crafted PDF file, an attacker could trigger this flaw to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox environment. The issue affects Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.53. The Chromium project rates the security severity as low. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, and a stable channel update addressing this issue has been released by Google.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Chrome via a crafted PDF file. However, the sandbox limits the potential impact, and the Chromium security team has assessed the severity as low. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 149.0.7827.53 which contains a fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-11305: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the PDFium library used by Google Chrome. When processing a maliciously crafted PDF file, an attacker could trigger this flaw to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox environment. The issue affects Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.53. The Chromium project rates the security severity as low. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on June 4, 2026, and a stable channel update addressing this issue has been released by Google.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote code execution within the sandboxed environment of Chrome via a crafted PDF file. However, the sandbox limits the potential impact, and the Chromium security team has assessed the severity as low. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released Chrome version 149.0.7827.53 which contains a fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T17:11:21.467Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a220ef2e29bf47b50de3b8b
Added to database: 6/4/2026, 11:49:06 PM
Last enriched: 6/5/2026, 12:03:53 AM
Last updated: 6/5/2026, 1:36:19 AM
Views: 5
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