CVE-2026-14417: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Dawn 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-2026-14417 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome. It affects versions before 150.0.7871.46 and enables a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape through a crafted HTML page. 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). Google has released version 150.0.7871.46 to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This could enable execution of arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 150.0.7871.46 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-14417: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Dawn 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-2026-14417 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn component of Google Chrome. It affects versions before 150.0.7871.46 and enables a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape through a crafted HTML page. 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). Google has released version 150.0.7871.46 to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to escape the Chrome sandbox, leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This could enable execution of arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 150.0.7871.46 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-01T21:37:32.392Z
- 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: 6a459a0827e9c7971943bff1
Added to database: 07/01/2026, 22:51:52 UTC
Last enriched: 07/09/2026, 09:16:24 UTC
Last updated: 08/13/2026, 12:41:08 UTC
Views: 109
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