CVE-2026-17946: Uninitialized Use in Google Chrome
CVE-2026-17946 is a low severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving uninitialized use in the Dawn component. A remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw to potentially access sensitive information from process memory by using a crafted HTML page. The issue affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. There is no explicit vendor advisory stating the patch status, but the vulnerability is identified as fixed in version 151.0.7922.72. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves uninitialized use in the Dawn component of Google Chrome, which could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to read potentially sensitive memory contents. The flaw exists in Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. The vulnerability is categorized as low severity by Chromium security. The vendor advisory linked corresponds to a stable channel update that presumably addresses this issue, though explicit patch confirmation is not detailed in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could leverage this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory. This could lead to information disclosure but requires prior renderer compromise. The severity is low, indicating limited impact or difficulty in exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-17946: Uninitialized Use in Google Chrome
Description
CVE-2026-17946 is a low severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 151.0.7922.72 involving uninitialized use in the Dawn component. A remote attacker who has compromised the renderer process could exploit this flaw to potentially access sensitive information from process memory by using a crafted HTML page. The issue affects Chrome versions before 151.0.7922.72. There is no explicit vendor advisory stating the patch status, but the vulnerability is identified as fixed in version 151.0.7922.72. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves uninitialized use in the Dawn component of Google Chrome, which could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to read potentially sensitive memory contents. The flaw exists in Chrome versions prior to 151.0.7922.72. The vulnerability is categorized as low severity by Chromium security. The vendor advisory linked corresponds to a stable channel update that presumably addresses this issue, though explicit patch confirmation is not detailed in the provided data.
Potential Impact
An attacker who has already compromised the renderer process could leverage this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory. This could lead to information disclosure but requires prior renderer compromise. The severity is low, indicating limited impact or difficulty in exploitation.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-27T23:37:05.958Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0887107924.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a6aa0a89c2644c7f849baed
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 00:54:00 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 02:09:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/30/2026, 02:51:55 UTC
Views: 2
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