CVE-2026-79012

critical

Description

Use after free in Safebrowsing in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

References

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/523704817

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0256176589.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-27

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: 9.6

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