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high 8.8

CVE-2026-8531 json

Heap buffer overflow in WebML in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap cor…

published 5mo ago modified 16d ago also EUVD-2026-30447

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap buffer overflow in WebML in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 148.0.7778.168
  • chromium Debian 12 148.0.7778.167-1~deb12u1
  • chromium Debian 13 148.0.7778.167-1~deb13u1
  • chromium Debian 14 148.0.7778.167-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8531

  • chromium openSUSE Leap 16.0 148.0.7778.215-bp160.1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 148.0.7778.167-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20849-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10786-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-8531 updated cvss 9.6

chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebML

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
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References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.