Use After Free Affecting chromium package, versions [,148.0.7778.216)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-17098809
  • published30 May 2026
  • disclosed29 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 May 2026

CVE-2026-9990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 148.0.7778.216 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the WebAppInstalls process. An attacker can achieve heap corruption by enticing a user to perform specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page. This is only exploitable if the user is convinced to interact with the malicious content as required.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1