Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Google Chrome affected
Version Status Constraints
148.0.7778.179 affected < 148.0.7778.179

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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0841193308.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/504551032 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 20 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WebRTC Use-After-Free Allows Remote Code Execution on Chrome Linux

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 20 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Weaknesses CWE-416
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-20T19:43:49.940Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T17:39:14.333Z

Link: CVE-2026-9111

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Updated: 2026-05-20T19:43:46.106Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-20T20:16:41.870

Modified: 2026-05-20T20:16:41.870

Link: CVE-2026-9111

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Updated: 2026-05-20T21:30:36Z

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