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Buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside th…

CVE-2026-119261

What this means

This is rated critical severity (9.6 out of 10). There is no confirmed exploitation of it yet. Ask IT whether Google Chrome is in your estate, and treat that as the priority.

Full vendor description

Buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.79 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Scoring and exploitation

9.6/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreCritical

Exploitable over the network without any account, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability, and it can reach beyond the vulnerable system.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeChangedS:C

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityHighI:H
AvailabilityHighA:H
~0.3% estimated chance of attack in 30 daysModel estimate (): a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation
Exploited in the wild
Not confirmed in the
Not reported

Weaknesses

CWE-122

Affected products ()

  • Google Chrome
Show the raw CPE strings (1)
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.

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