CVE-2026-5279
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Object Corruption in V8 Engine Enables High-Severity Remote Code Execution

Publication date: 2026-04-01

Last updated on: 2026-04-02

Assigner: Chrome

Description
Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Published
2026-04-01
Last Modified
2026-04-02
Generated
2026-06-16
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2026-04-01
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2026-5279
EUVD
EUVD-2026-17791
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Vendor Product Version / Range
google chrome to 146.0.7680.177 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-120 The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an object corruption issue in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome versions prior to 146.0.7680.178. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within a sandboxed environment by tricking the browser into processing a specially crafted HTML page.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is that an attacker could run arbitrary code on your system inside the sandboxed environment of the browser. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions or compromise of data within the browser context, although the sandbox limits the scope of the attack.

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