Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-3539

 

Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-3539

Published: March 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123588
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-2026-3539
CWE-ID: CWE-664
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper control of object lifetime in DevTools in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the 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-2026-3539

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 145.0.7632.159
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 144.0.3719.162, 145.0.3800.97
Google Chrome - update to 145.0.7632.159
cef - addressed in versions 145.0.28^chromium145.0.7632.159-1.fc42, 145.0.28^chromium145.0.7632.159-1.fc43, 145.0.28^chromium145.0.7632.159-1.fc44
chromium - addressed in versions 145.0.7632.159-1.el9, 145.0.7632.159-1.el10_1, 145.0.7632.159-1.el10_2, 145.0.7632.159-1.el10_3, 145.0.7632.159-1.fc42, 145.0.7632.159-1.fc43, 145.0.7632.159-1.fc44
Chrome OS - update to 138.0.7204.307
Prisma Access Browser - update to 146.3.8.76
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 145.0.7632.159-1~deb12u1, 145.0.7632.159-1~deb13u1

External References

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