CVE-2026-15129: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-15129 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause heap corruption by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects all Chrome versions prior to 150.0.7871.115. The vulnerability has been assigned a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk of confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Google has published an advisory with a stable channel update addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to heap corruption, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, crash the browser, or otherwise compromise the affected system. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.115. 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/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01162222768.html for detailed update instructions.
CVE-2026-15129: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-15129 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause heap corruption by delivering a specially crafted HTML page. The issue affects all Chrome versions prior to 150.0.7871.115. The vulnerability has been assigned a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk of confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Google has published an advisory with a stable channel update addressing this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to heap corruption, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, crash the browser, or otherwise compromise the affected system. The CVSS vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 150.0.7871.115. 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/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01162222768.html for detailed update instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-08T17:07:44.223Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01162222768.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a4ed63bc9d9e3dbe3dd819b
Added to database: 07/08/2026, 22:59:07 UTC
Last enriched: 07/16/2026, 09:58:17 UTC
Last updated: 08/22/2026, 10:52:07 UTC
Views: 269
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