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
www-client/vivaldi
www-client/opera
cef
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/google-chrome
www-client/chromium
chromium
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
www-client/vivaldi - update to 7.8.3925.76
www-client/opera - update to 130.0.5846.0
Chrome OS - update to 138.0.7204.307
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
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 145.0.3800.97
www-client/google-chrome - update to 145.0.7632.159
www-client/chromium - update to 145.0.7632.159
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
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 145.0.7632.159-1~deb12u1, 145.0.7632.159-1~deb13u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 146.3.8.76

External References

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