CVE-2026-13853: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Journeys in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Journeys component of Google Chrome before version 150.0.7871.47. Exploitation requires that the attacker has already compromised the renderer process. Successful exploitation could lead to a sandbox escape, allowing the attacker to execute code with elevated privileges outside the browser sandbox. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 (Use After Free).
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to full system compromise. The CVSS score of 9.6 reflects critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.47. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html for details.
CVE-2026-13853: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Journeys in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Journeys component of Google Chrome before version 150.0.7871.47. Exploitation requires that the attacker has already compromised the renderer process. Successful exploitation could lead to a sandbox escape, allowing the attacker to execute code with elevated privileges outside the browser sandbox. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-416 (Use After Free).
Potential Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to full system compromise. The CVSS score of 9.6 reflects critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. However, there are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix for this vulnerability is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.47. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Refer to the official Google Chrome stable channel update advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html for details.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-29T23:03:34.077Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a444c1727e9c7971985ca91
Added to database: 06/30/2026, 23:07:03 UTC
Last enriched: 07/08/2026, 12:14:04 UTC
Last updated: 08/13/2026, 12:41:08 UTC
Views: 72
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