Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-112992

 

Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2026-112992

Published: October 21, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU156444
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-112992
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially cause a denial of service through memory corruption.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption in the Canvas component of Google Chrome when processing canvas content. A remote attacker can trick a victim into viewing specially crafted canvas content to potentially corrupt memory and crash the browser.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2026-112992

Install security update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 156.0.8078.47
Google Chrome - update to 156.0.8078.47
chromium - addressed in versions 156.0.8078.47-1.el9, 156.0.8078.47-1.el10_2, 156.0.8078.47-1.el10_3, 156.0.8078.47-1.el10_4, 156.0.8078.47-1.fc43, 156.0.8078.47-1.fc44, 156.0.8078.47-1.fc45
chromium (Debian package) - update to 156.0.8078.47-1~deb13u1

External References

Related Security Bulletins