CVE-2026-13855: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-13855 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Ozone component of Google Chrome on Linux. It allows remote code execution when a user interacts with a maliciously crafted HTML page using specific UI gestures. The vulnerability affects versions of Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction with high attack complexity.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the user's environment. The attacker must convince the user to perform specific UI gestures, which is a required user interaction vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available in Google Chrome 150.0.7871.47. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html provides official update guidance.
CVE-2026-13855: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-13855 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Ozone component of Google Chrome on Linux. It allows remote code execution when a user interacts with a maliciously crafted HTML page using specific UI gestures. The vulnerability affects versions of Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requiring user interaction with high attack complexity.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the user's environment. The attacker must convince the user to perform specific UI gestures, which is a required user interaction vector.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available in Google Chrome 150.0.7871.47. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0175352312.html provides official update guidance.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-29T23:03:34.634Z
- 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: 6a444c1827e9c7971985caa3
Added to database: 06/30/2026, 23:07:04 UTC
Last enriched: 07/08/2026, 11:57:56 UTC
Last updated: 08/14/2026, 12:41:08 UTC
Views: 83
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