Race Condition in V8 Engine Causes Heap Corruption in Chrome

Publication date: 2026-04-08

Last updated on: 2026-04-13

Assigner: Chrome

Description

Race in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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Published

2026-04-08

Last Modified

2026-04-13

Generated

2026-07-07

AI Q&A

2026-04-09

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-5893

EUVD

EUVD-2026-20713

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
google	chrome	to 147.0.7727.55 (exc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-362	The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a race condition in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome versions prior to 147.0.7727.55. It allows a remote attacker to potentially cause heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Impact Analysis

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to heap corruption, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service in the affected browser.

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