CVE-2026-9946

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Use After Free in Google Chrome ANGLE Component

Publication date: 2026-05-28

Last updated on: 2026-05-29

Assigner: Chrome

Description

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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Published

2026-05-28

Last Modified

2026-05-29

Generated

2026-07-09

AI Q&A

2026-05-29

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-08

NVD

CVE-2026-9946

EUVD

EUVD-2026-33088

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
google	chrome	to 148.0.7778.216 (exc)
google	chrome	to 148.0.7778.215 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-416	The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in ANGLE, a component used by Google Chrome. It affects versions of Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.216. A remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process can exploit this vulnerability by using a specially crafted HTML page.

The exploitation could potentially allow the attacker to escape the browser's sandbox, which is a security mechanism designed to isolate processes and limit their access to the system.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to break out of the sandbox environment of the browser. This means the attacker could gain higher privileges on the system than normally allowed by the browser's security model.

Such an attack could lead to unauthorized access to system resources, data theft, installation of malware, or further compromise of the affected system.

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