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Heap Buffer Overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome

IdentifiersCVE-2026-7900CWE-122· Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2026-7900 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow in ANGLE, Chrome’s graphics abstraction layer, affecting Google Chrome prior to version 148.0.7778.96. According to the provided content, the flaw can be triggered via a crafted HTML page and is exploitable by a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process, potentially enabling a sandbox escape. The issue is described as a memory corruption bug in ANGLE and was one of the high-severity vulnerabilities fixed in Chrome 148.

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Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to escape Chrome’s sandbox after first achieving renderer-process compromise. In practical terms, this can turn a renderer-level compromise obtained through malicious web content into broader code execution or control outside the renderer sandbox, increasing the attacker’s ability to affect the host system or browser process security boundaries.

Mitigation

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If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by limiting use of untrusted or attacker-controlled websites and web content, as the vulnerability is triggered via a crafted HTML page and requires renderer compromise. Standard browser hardening and rapid update deployment should be prioritized. However, mitigation is only partial; vendor patching is the definitive fix.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Update Google Chrome to version 148.0.7778.96 or later on Linux, and 148.0.7778.96/97 or later on Windows and Mac, as these releases contain the fix for CVE-2026-7900. Apply the current stable-channel update across affected systems.
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