CVE-2026-9933: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Input in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Input handling of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.216. Exploitation requires user interaction with specific UI gestures on a maliciously crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in a stable channel update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to corrupt memory, which may lead to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. However, exploitation requires user interaction with crafted content. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 148.0.7778.216 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is a client-side application, applying the official update is the recommended mitigation.
CVE-2026-9933: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Input in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
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AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves a use-after-free condition in the Input handling of Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.216. Exploitation requires user interaction with specific UI gestures on a maliciously crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption. The issue was publicly disclosed and patched by Google in a stable channel update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to corrupt memory, which may lead to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. However, exploitation requires user interaction with crafted content. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 148.0.7778.216 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or newer to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is a client-side application, applying the official update is the recommended mitigation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Chrome
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-28T17:24:54.351Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html","vendor":"Google"}]
Threat ID: 6a18c66ae29bf47b503b6064
Added to database: 05/28/2026, 22:49:14 UTC
Last enriched: 05/28/2026, 23:35:22 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:23:00 UTC
Views: 99
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