Use-after-free in Google Chrome Core on Windows
CVE-2026-12007 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Core component of Google Chrome on Windows. According to the provided content, the flaw affects Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.115 and can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted HTML page. As a use-after-free condition, the vulnerability arises when memory is accessed after it has been freed, creating the possibility of memory corruption and attacker-controlled execution flow. Google classified the issue as critical and reported it on 2026-05-26.
Are you exposed to this one?
Mallory correlates every CVE against your assets, your vendors, and active adversary campaigns. Know which vulnerabilities matter for you, not just which ones are loud.
Impact, mitigation & remediation
What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
Impact
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
Mitigation
If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.
Remediation
Patch, then assume compromise.
Exploits
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Affected products & vendors
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
Recent activity
5 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in a Chrome core component that can lead to memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted web page.
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in the Chrome Core component that could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or gain control over affected systems.
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome Core.
The version that knows your environment.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.