CVE-2026-79054 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Chromecast component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. An attacker that has already compromised Chrome’s renderer process can trigger the stale-memory condition using crafted HTML content and execute arbitrary code outside the Chrome sandbox.
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A critical use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's Chromecast component.
High-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome addressed by Chrome 152.
A high-impact vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-79054, detected as unpatched on Debian Linux systems and associated with the Debian Chromium package. It can be reached over the network, requires user interaction, and may compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in Chromecast functionality in Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. An attacker that has already compromised the renderer process could use a crafted HTML page to execute arbitrary code outside Chrome's sandbox.
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