Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-3915

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-3915

Published: March 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123916
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-2026-3915
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 WebML. 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
Debian Linux
Fedora
cef
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-3915

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 146.0.7680.71
Microsoft Edge - update to 146.0.3856.59
Google Chrome - update to 146.0.7680.71
cef - addressed in versions 146.0.9^chromium146.0.7680.164-1.fc42, 146.0.9^chromium146.0.7680.164-1.fc43, 146.0.9^chromium146.0.7680.164-1.fc44
chromium - addressed in versions 146.0.7680.71-1.el9, 146.0.7680.71-1.el10_1, 146.0.7680.71-1.el10_3, 146.0.7680.71-1.fc42, 146.0.7680.71-1.fc43, 146.0.7680.71-1.fc44, 146.0.7680.80-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 146.0.7680.71-1~deb12u1, 146.0.7680.71-1~deb13u1

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