Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-7970

High

Published: 06 May 2026

Published
06 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score N/A
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Use after free in TopChrome in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

Security SummaryAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Affected Products

google
chrome
≤ 148.0.7778.96

References