CVE-2026-5869
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Heap Buffer Overflow in Chrome WebML Risks Data Exposure
Publication date: 2026-04-08
Last updated on: 2026-04-14
Assigner: Chrome
Description
Description
Heap buffer overflow in WebML in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| chrome | to 147.0.7727.55 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-122 | A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a heap buffer overflow in the WebML component of Google Chrome versions prior to 147.0.7727.55. It allows a remote attacker to exploit a crafted HTML page to access potentially sensitive information from the process memory.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is that a remote attacker could obtain sensitive information from the memory of the Chrome process. This could lead to exposure of private data or other confidential information stored in the browser's memory.
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