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
www-client/vivaldi
www-client/opera
cef
www-client/microsoft-edge
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

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
www-client/vivaldi - update to 7.8.3925.76
www-client/opera - update to 130.0.5846.0
Chrome OS - addressed in versions 144.0.7559.254, 145.0.7632.154
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
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 145.0.3800.97
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
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 145.0.7632.75-1~deb12u1, 145.0.7632.75-1~deb13u1
www-client/chromium - update to 145.0.7632.159
www-client/google-chrome - update to 145.0.7632.159
Prisma Access Browser - update to 145.7.9.76

External References

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