Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially… (CVE-2026-17804)
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17804 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Media component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and could enable an attacker to perform a sandbox escape via crafted HTML content. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.6, indicating critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker who has compromised the renderer process to escape the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to full system compromise or execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official browser update.
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially… (CVE-2026-17804)
Description
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17804 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Media component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires prior compromise of the renderer process and could enable an attacker to perform a sandbox escape via crafted HTML content. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.6, indicating critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker who has compromised the renderer process to escape the Chrome sandbox, potentially leading to full system compromise or execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The vulnerability affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Google Chrome version 151.0.7922.72 and later. Users and administrators should update to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the official browser update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-gc2c-6hrc-5rpp
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17804"]
- Database Specific Severity
- CRITICAL
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a6cf7fabf32cb7a342b4a81
Added to database: 07/31/2026, 19:31:06 UTC
Last enriched: 07/31/2026, 19:33:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 10:01:29 UTC
Views: 64
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