Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive… (CVE-2026-17973)
Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17973 describes an inappropriate implementation in the Views component of Google Chrome on Mac systems before version 151.0.7922.72. This flaw permits a local attacker to extract potentially sensitive information from process memory through a specially crafted HTML page. The Chromium security team has assessed this vulnerability as low severity. There is no CVSS score or detailed vendor advisory information available in the provided data. No exploits are known to be active in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
A local attacker on a Mac system running an affected version of Google Chrome could leverage this vulnerability to access potentially sensitive information from the browser's process memory. The impact is limited to information disclosure and is considered low severity by the Chromium security team. There is no indication of remote exploitation or broader system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users should update to this version or a newer release to remediate the vulnerability. Since no vendor advisory or patch link is provided, users should verify the update status directly from official Google Chrome release notes or security bulletins.
Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive… (CVE-2026-17973)
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Views in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17973 describes an inappropriate implementation in the Views component of Google Chrome on Mac systems before version 151.0.7922.72. This flaw permits a local attacker to extract potentially sensitive information from process memory through a specially crafted HTML page. The Chromium security team has assessed this vulnerability as low severity. There is no CVSS score or detailed vendor advisory information available in the provided data. No exploits are known to be active in the wild at this time.
Potential Impact
A local attacker on a Mac system running an affected version of Google Chrome could leverage this vulnerability to access potentially sensitive information from the browser's process memory. The impact is limited to information disclosure and is considered low severity by the Chromium security team. There is no indication of remote exploitation or broader system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users should update to this version or a newer release to remediate the vulnerability. Since no vendor advisory or patch link is provided, users should verify the update status directly from official Google Chrome release notes or security bulletins.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-52cw-24q4-4ccc
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17973"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae5119c2644c7f8980536
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:45:53 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 05:57:30 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 02:51:53 UTC
Views: 6
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