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Heap Buffer Overflow in Google Chrome Media

IdentifiersCVE-2026-2650CWE-122· Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2026-2650 is a heap buffer overflow in the Media component of Google Chrome affecting versions prior to 145.0.7632.109. According to the provided advisory content, a remote attacker can trigger heap corruption by causing a victim to process a crafted HTML page. The available information identifies the bug class and affected component, but does not provide function-level or root-cause implementation details. Chromium rated the issue as Medium severity.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.

Successful exploitation may allow a remote attacker to corrupt heap memory in the browser process via crafted web content. Based on the supplied advisories, this could result in a browser crash or denial of service, and depending on exploitability constraints, may enable further impact such as arbitrary code execution or information disclosure. Debian’s advisory for the bundled Chromium fixes notes that the set of addressed issues could lead to arbitrary code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Primary mitigation is prompt patching. Until updates are deployed, reduce exposure to untrusted web content by restricting access to untrusted sites, using enterprise browser controls where feasible, and relying on Chrome’s existing sandboxing and site-isolation protections. No specific vendor workaround beyond updating was provided.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 145.0.7632.109 or later. For Debian chromium, apply the vendor-provided fixed packages: 145.0.7632.109-1~deb12u3 for oldstable (bookworm) or 145.0.7632.109-1~deb13u3 for stable (trixie), as applicable.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

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EXPOSURE SURFACE

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GoogleChromeapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

11 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.

Social activity7

Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES
MITRE CVE
cve.org · CVE-2026-2650
NVD
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2650
MITRE CWE · CWE-122
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Release Notes
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
Issue Tracking
issues.chromium.org/issues/476461867