CVE-2026-14398: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-14398 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the ANGLE graphics engine within Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 150.0.7871.46 and can be exploited remotely via a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape. The vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). No explicit remediation level is provided in the input, but the vendor advisory URL points to a Chrome stable channel update that presumably addresses this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges and requires user interaction (UI:R).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.46. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. 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 detailed update instructions.
CVE-2026-14398: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.46 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-14398 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the ANGLE graphics engine within Google Chrome. It affects versions prior to 150.0.7871.46 and can be exploited remotely via a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape. The vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). No explicit remediation level is provided in the input, but the vendor advisory URL points to a Chrome stable channel update that presumably addresses this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges and requires user interaction (UI:R).
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.46. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. 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 detailed update instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-01T21:37:27.996Z
- 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: 6a459a0327e9c7971943bf7f
Added to database: 07/01/2026, 22:51:47 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 09:15:37 UTC
Last updated: 08/16/2026, 00:41:11 UTC
Views: 222
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