CVE-2026-17680: Heap buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17680 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the Color component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox by using a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high severity rating from Chromium and a CVSS score of 9.6, indicating critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability is a heap buffer overflow in the Color component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS. It affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. An attacker who has compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw via a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape, potentially gaining higher privileges or executing arbitrary code outside the sandbox. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.6 (critical), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to sandbox escape from the renderer process, allowing an attacker to execute code with higher privileges on the affected ChromeOS device. This compromises the security boundaries intended to isolate web content, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available: Chrome 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update Chrome on ChromeOS to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html provides official update information.
CVE-2026-17680: Heap buffer overflow in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17680 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the Color component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. This flaw allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to potentially escape the sandbox by using a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has a high severity rating from Chromium and a CVSS score of 9.6, indicating critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Chrome
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is a heap buffer overflow in the Color component of Google Chrome on ChromeOS. It affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. An attacker who has compromised the renderer process can exploit this flaw via a specially crafted HTML page to perform a sandbox escape, potentially gaining higher privileges or executing arbitrary code outside the sandbox. The CVSS 3.1 score is 9.6 (critical), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to sandbox escape from the renderer process, allowing an attacker to execute code with higher privileges on the affected ChromeOS device. This compromises the security boundaries intended to isolate web content, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fixed version is available: Chrome 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update Chrome on ChromeOS to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. The vendor advisory at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html provides official update information.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:34:21.387Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0809c2644c7f849a785
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:53:20 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 17:50:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 85
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