Description
Use after free in UI in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Published: 2026-05-14
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6273-1 chromium security update
History

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Use‑After‑Free in Chrome UI Enabling Potential Sandbox Escape chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Use after free in UI
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Critical


Thu, 14 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Use‑After‑Free in Chrome UI Enabling Potential Sandbox Escape
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 14 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 14 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free in UI in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T03:56:52.134Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T05:40:10.520Z

Link: CVE-2026-8511

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T20:58:06.030Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T20:17:11.707

Modified: 2026-05-14T21:19:23.923

Link: CVE-2026-8511

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2026-05-14T19:52:10Z

Links: CVE-2026-8511 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T14:00:21Z

Weaknesses