Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information… (CVE-2026-17790)
Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17790 is an uninitialized use vulnerability (CWE-457) in the ANGLE graphics engine used by Google Chrome on Windows. The issue affects versions before 151.0.7922.72 and can be exploited remotely via a maliciously crafted HTML page to leak potentially sensitive information from process memory. No CVSS score is provided, but Chromium rates the severity as medium. There is no explicit patch link provided in the data, but the fixed version is identified as 151.0.7922.72, indicating that versions prior to this are vulnerable.
Potential Impact
A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information from the memory of the Chrome process on Windows. This could lead to information disclosure but does not indicate code execution or system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side application vulnerability, upgrading to the fixed version is the recommended and effective mitigation.
Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information… (CVE-2026-17790)
Description
Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17790 is an uninitialized use vulnerability (CWE-457) in the ANGLE graphics engine used by Google Chrome on Windows. The issue affects versions before 151.0.7922.72 and can be exploited remotely via a maliciously crafted HTML page to leak potentially sensitive information from process memory. No CVSS score is provided, but Chromium rates the severity as medium. There is no explicit patch link provided in the data, but the fixed version is identified as 151.0.7922.72, indicating that versions prior to this are vulnerable.
Potential Impact
A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain potentially sensitive information from the memory of the Chrome process on Windows. This could lead to information disclosure but does not indicate code execution or system compromise.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users should update Google Chrome on Windows to version 151.0.7922.72 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side application vulnerability, upgrading to the fixed version is the recommended and effective mitigation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-6496-4w7m-wvc3
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17790"]
- Ecosystems
- []
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a6ae51a9c2644c7f8982311
Added to database: 07/30/2026, 05:46:02 UTC
Last enriched: 07/30/2026, 06:31:30 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 02:51:54 UTC
Views: 2
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