CVE-2026-3540 is a high-severity vulnerability in the WebAudio component of Google Chrome prior to version 145.0.7632.159. The issue is described as an inappropriate implementation in WebAudio that can be triggered by a crafted HTML page, leading to out-of-bounds memory access. The flaw affects Chromium-based browsers that incorporate the vulnerable codebase, including Google Chrome and downstream consumers such as Microsoft Edge once mapped to the corresponding Chromium fix level. The available information does not identify the specific vulnerable function or code path, but the bug class indicates improper handling of attacker-controlled web content within WebAudio processing.
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