Description
Use after free in Chromecast in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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Title Use After Free in Chromecast Allowing Remote Code Execution via Crafted HTML Page

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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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'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Use after free in Chromecast in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-26T00:27:34.193Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:04:18.212Z

Link: CVE-2026-78939

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T00:19:35.065Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T21:17:49.723

Modified: 2026-08-25T21:17:49.723

Link: CVE-2026-78939

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T04:00:04Z

Weaknesses