CVE-2026-13967: Type Confusion in Google Chrome
Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-13967 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 150.0.7871.47 and enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox environment by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated high severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Google has released a stable channel update to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of the browser. This could lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. However, exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious HTML page). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 150.0.7871.47 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
CVE-2026-13967: Type Confusion in Google Chrome
Description
Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-13967 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 150.0.7871.47 and enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox environment by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is rated high severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Google has released a stable channel update to fix this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of the browser. This could lead to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. However, exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious HTML page). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 150.0.7871.47 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are specified.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-29T23:04:03.940Z
- 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: 6a444c2427e9c7971985ceb9
Added to database: 06/30/2026, 23:07:16 UTC
Last enriched: 07/08/2026, 11:59:49 UTC
Last updated: 08/13/2026, 00:41:09 UTC
Views: 67
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