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Use-after-free in GPU in Google Chrome on Android

IdentifiersCVE-2026-12028CWE-416· Use After Free

CVE-2026-12028 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the GPU component of Google Chrome on Android affecting versions prior to 149.0.7827.115. According to the provided content, a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can trigger the flaw via a crafted HTML page and potentially achieve a sandbox escape. The issue is classified as CWE-416. No further public technical detail about the specific vulnerable function or code path is provided in the supplied material.

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Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to escape the Chrome renderer sandbox on Android after first achieving renderer-process compromise. The supplied CVSS v3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) indicates potential high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, consistent with post-sandbox-escape access beyond the renderer's isolation boundary.

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No specific workaround or temporary mitigation is provided in the supplied content. Practical risk reduction would center on promptly applying the vendor update and reducing exposure to untrusted web content until patched, but the available information does not describe an official mitigation short of upgrading.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Google Chrome on Android to version 149.0.7827.115 or later. Where Chromium is consumed through downstream distributions, apply the corresponding vendor security updates. The provided Debian advisory also recommends upgrading chromium to fixed package versions 149.0.7827.114-1~deb12u1 on Debian oldstable (bookworm) or 149.0.7827.114-1~deb13u1 on Debian stable (trixie).
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