CVE-2026-7343: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Views component of Google Chrome on Windows platforms before version 147.0.7727.138. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw to perform a sandbox escape, increasing their privileges beyond the renderer sandbox. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in the stable channel update referenced in the vendor advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker who has compromised the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to greater system compromise beyond the browser sandbox restrictions. This elevates the severity of the vulnerability to critical as it undermines a key security boundary in Chrome.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update to 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 a client-side application vulnerability, applying the official patch is the primary mitigation. There is no indication from the vendor advisory that additional mitigations or workarounds are necessary.
CVE-2026-7343: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 147.0.7727.138 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Views component of Google Chrome on Windows platforms before version 147.0.7727.138. An attacker with control over the renderer process could exploit this flaw to perform a sandbox escape, increasing their privileges beyond the renderer sandbox. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in the stable channel update referenced in the vendor advisory.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker who has compromised the renderer process to escape the sandbox, potentially leading to greater system compromise beyond the browser sandbox restrictions. This elevates the severity of the vulnerability to critical as it undermines a key security boundary in Chrome.
Mitigation Recommendations
Google has released an update to 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 a client-side application vulnerability, applying the official patch is the primary mitigation. There is no indication from the vendor advisory that additional mitigations or workarounds are necessary.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-28T20:02:38.462Z
- 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: 69f13d73cbff5d8610e35542
Added to database: 4/28/2026, 11:06:27 PM
Last enriched: 4/28/2026, 11:22:55 PM
Last updated: 4/29/2026, 5:39:17 AM
Views: 67
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