CVE-2026-7335: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the media handling code of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.138. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be triggered remotely via a crafted HTML page, enabling arbitrary code execution inside the sandbox. The CVSS vector indicates the attack complexity is low, no privileges are required, and the impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability is high. The issue was publicly disclosed on April 28, 2026, and Google has released a stable channel update to fix it.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of Chrome, potentially compromising browser security and user data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is rated high severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating significant risk if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 147.0.7727.138 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the vendor's patch. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the input data.
CVE-2026-7335: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the media handling code of Google Chrome before version 147.0.7727.138. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and can be triggered remotely via a crafted HTML page, enabling arbitrary code execution inside the sandbox. The CVSS vector indicates the attack complexity is low, no privileges are required, and the impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability is high. The issue was publicly disclosed on April 28, 2026, and Google has released a stable channel update to fix it.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the sandboxed environment of Chrome, potentially compromising browser security and user data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is rated high severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating significant risk if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update in Chrome version 147.0.7727.138 that addresses this vulnerability. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the vendor's patch. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory linked in the input data.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-28T20:02:33.559Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 69f13d70cbff5d8610e3542e
Added to database: 4/28/2026, 11:06:24 PM
Last enriched: 5/6/2026, 1:58:27 AM
Last updated: 6/13/2026, 10:26:19 AM
Views: 53
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