Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5272

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5272

Published: April 1, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124743
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-2026-5272
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 GPU. 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-2026-5272

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 146.0.7680.177
Microsoft Edge - update to 146.0.3856.97
Google Chrome - update to 146.0.7680.177
cef - addressed in versions 146.0.11^chromium146.0.7680.177-2.fc42, 146.0.11^chromium146.0.7680.177-2.fc43, 146.0.11^chromium146.0.7680.177-2.fc44
chromium - addressed in versions 146.0.7680.177-1.el9, 146.0.7680.177-1.el10_1, 146.0.7680.177-1.el10_2, 146.0.7680.177-1.el10_3, 146.0.7680.177-1.fc42, 146.0.7680.177-1.fc43, 146.0.7680.177-1.fc44, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc42, 147.0.7727.101-1.fc42
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 146.0.7680.177-1~deb12u1, 146.0.7680.177-1~deb13u1

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