Race Condition in Chrome Android Media Stream Metadata Corruption

Publication date: 2026-04-08

Last updated on: 2026-04-13

Assigner: Chrome

Description

Race in Media in Google Chrome on Android prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to corrupt media stream metadata via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

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Published

2026-04-08

Last Modified

2026-04-13

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-04-09

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-5902

EUVD

EUVD-2026-20726

Affected Vendors & Products

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

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

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 Media component of Google Chrome on Android versions prior to 147.0.7727.55. It allows a remote attacker, who has already compromised the renderer process, to corrupt media stream metadata by using a specially crafted HTML page.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to corrupt media stream metadata, potentially leading to unexpected behavior or security issues within the media playback or processing in the browser. However, the severity is rated as low.

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