Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5914

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-5914

Published: April 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU125659
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-5914
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the CSS component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger a type confusion error and crash the browser.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-5914

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 147.0.7727.55
Microsoft Edge - update to 147.0.3912.60
Google Chrome - update to 147.0.7727.55
chromium - addressed in versions 147.0.7727.55-1.el9, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_1, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_2, 147.0.7727.55-1.el10_3, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc42, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc43, 147.0.7727.55-1.fc44, 147.0.7727.101-1.fc42
chromium (Debian package) - addressed in versions 147.0.7727.55-1~deb12u1, 147.0.7727.55-1~deb13u1

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