CVE-2026-17729: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17729 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 engine within Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires that the attacker has compromised the renderer process and can trigger out-of-bounds memory access through a specially crafted HTML page. This vulnerability is associated with CWE-416 (Use After Free) and is rated high severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by accessing memory out of bounds. This impacts the 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 a later one to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
CVE-2026-17729: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.8high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17729 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 engine within Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.72. Exploitation requires that the attacker has compromised the renderer process and can trigger out-of-bounds memory access through a specially crafted HTML page. This vulnerability is associated with CWE-416 (Use After Free) and is rated high severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with control over the renderer process to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by accessing memory out of bounds. This impacts the 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 a later one to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching the client software is required. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-pxrm-m7rv-pmgg
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-17729"]
- Database Specific Severity
- HIGH
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a710662bf32cb7a3439410a
Added to database: 08/03/2026, 21:21:38 UTC
Last enriched: 08/03/2026, 21:30:24 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:59:24 UTC
Views: 39
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