CVE-2026-16423

high

Description

Use after free in UI in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.182 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

References

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/534582496

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256605430.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-21

Updated: 2026-07-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00162