Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform a denial of service via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-05-14
Score: 5.3 Medium
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 chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU
Weaknesses CWE-1173
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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

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Title GPU Input Validation Vulnerability Causing Denial of Service in Chrome

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Title GPU Input Validation Vulnerability Causing Denial of Service in Chrome

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

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Description Insufficient validation of untrusted input in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform a denial of service via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-20
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-14T21:30:26.286Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T05:40:17.244Z

Link: CVE-2026-8538

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T20:17:14.650

Modified: 2026-05-14T22:16:47.840

Link: CVE-2026-8538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-14T19:52:22Z

Links: CVE-2026-8538 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T14:15:51Z

Weaknesses