CVE-2026-79224 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Chromecast component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. A remote attacker who has already compromised the Chrome renderer process can trigger the memory-lifetime flaw with a crafted HTML page and execute arbitrary code outside Chrome's renderer sandbox.
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A critical use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's Chromecast component.
An unpatched vulnerability referenced as affecting Debian Linux releases 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0, including the Debian Chromium package. The supplied CVSS v3 vector indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Chromecast component of Google Chrome before version 152.0.7977.65. An attacker who has already compromised Chrome's renderer process can use a crafted HTML page to execute arbitrary code outside the browser sandbox.
Critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Chromecast component. Following renderer-process compromise, an attacker could potentially escape the browser sandbox through crafted HTML.
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