Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-2314

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-2314

Published: February 12, 2026 / Updated: February 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122762
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-2314
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in Codecs. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Chrome OS
cef
chromium
www-client/vivaldi
www-client/opera
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-2314

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 145.0.7632.45
Microsoft Edge - update to 145.0.3800.58
Google Chrome - update to 145.0.7632.45
cef - addressed in versions 145.0.25^chromium145.0.7632.75-4.fc42, 145.0.25^chromium145.0.7632.75-4.fc43, 145.0.25^chromium145.0.7632.75-4.fc44
chromium - addressed in versions 145.0.7632.75-1.el9, 145.0.7632.75-1.el10_1, 145.0.7632.75-1.el10_2, 145.0.7632.75-1.fc42, 145.0.7632.75-1.fc43
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 144.0.7559.254, 145.0.7632.154
Prisma Access Browser - update to 145.7.9.76
www-client/vivaldi - update to 7.8.3925.76
www-client/opera - update to 130.0.5846.0
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 145.0.3800.97
www-client/chromium - update to 145.0.7632.159
www-client/google-chrome - update to 145.0.7632.159
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 145.0.7632.75-1~deb12u1, 145.0.7632.75-1~deb13u1

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