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Use-after-free in Media in Google Chrome

IdentifiersCVE-2026-11130CWE-416· Use After Free

CVE-2026-11130 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Media component of Google Chrome affecting versions prior to 149.0.7827.53. The flaw can be triggered by a remote attacker through a crafted HTML page, leading to memory corruption and allowing arbitrary code execution within the Chrome renderer sandbox. The available information identifies the bug class and affected component, but does not provide the specific vulnerable function or code path.

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Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the Chrome sandbox in the context of the affected browser process after a user opens or renders a crafted HTML page. The associated CVSS v3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates potential high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the compromised sandboxed context.

Mitigation

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

No specific workaround or temporary mitigation is provided in the available advisories. If immediate patching is not possible, reducing exposure to untrusted web content may lower risk, but the primary recommended action is to update to a fixed version.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome to version 149.0.7827.53 or later. For Debian chromium packages, upgrade to the vendor-fixed builds identified in the advisory, including 149.0.7827.53-1~deb12u1 for bookworm and 149.0.7827.53-1~deb13u1 for trixie, or the corresponding fixed package for your distribution.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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