Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting chromium package, versions [,148.0.7778.96)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-16438199
  • published7 May 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2026-7900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 148.0.7778.96 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the renderer process. An attacker can achieve a sandbox escape by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page after compromising the renderer process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1