CVE-2026-12441: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in File Input in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-12441 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the File Input feature of Google Chrome on Linux. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to potentially cause heap corruption by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.155. The vulnerability is rated critical by Chromium security with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has published an advisory indicating a stable channel update that addresses this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution or other severe impacts due to heap corruption. The attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to visit a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Google Chrome that fixes this vulnerability in version 149.0.7827.155. Users should update their Chrome installations on Linux to version 149.0.7827.155 or later to mitigate this issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigations are specified.
CVE-2026-12441: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in File Input in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-12441 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the File Input feature of Google Chrome on Linux. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to potentially cause heap corruption by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects versions of Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.155. The vulnerability is rated critical by Chromium security with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vendor has published an advisory indicating a stable channel update that addresses this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution or other severe impacts due to heap corruption. The attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to visit a malicious HTML page. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released a stable channel update for Google Chrome that fixes this vulnerability in version 149.0.7827.155. Users should update their Chrome installations on Linux to version 149.0.7827.155 or later to mitigate this issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigations are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-16T19:38:24.676Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01750511403.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a31ffc30b89be68889b013a
Added to database: 06/17/2026, 02:00:35 UTC
Last enriched: 06/24/2026, 15:54:50 UTC
Last updated: 08/01/2026, 07:17:58 UTC
Views: 263
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