CVE-2026-19159: Use after free in Google Chrome
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 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
CVE-2026-19159 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.109. Exploitation requires user interaction involving specific UI gestures and a maliciously crafted HTML page, which may lead to heap corruption. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free). No CVSS score is assigned, but Chromium rates the severity as high. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been reported. The vulnerability is patched in Chrome 151.0.7922.109.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to cause heap corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. The attack requires user interaction with crafted content, limiting automatic exploitation. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.109 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side software issue, applying the official update is the primary mitigation. There are no vendor advisories indicating that no action is required or that the issue is already mitigated without patching.
CVE-2026-19159: Use after free in Google Chrome
Description
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 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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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-19159 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome before version 151.0.7922.109. Exploitation requires user interaction involving specific UI gestures and a maliciously crafted HTML page, which may lead to heap corruption. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-416 (Use After Free). No CVSS score is assigned, but Chromium rates the severity as high. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been reported. The vulnerability is patched in Chrome 151.0.7922.109.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to cause heap corruption, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or browser instability. The attack requires user interaction with crafted content, limiting automatic exploitation. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Users and administrators should update Google Chrome to version 151.0.7922.109 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a client-side software issue, applying the official update is the primary mitigation. There are no vendor advisories indicating that no action is required or that the issue is already mitigated without patching.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-8w2j-h45m-25mf
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-19159"]
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a7573a1bf8831d539d921a7
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 05:56:49 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 08:28:11 UTC
Last updated: 09/22/2026, 01:54:34 UTC
Views: 39
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