PT-2026-38174 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2026-05-05 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-7981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 148.0.7778.96

Description An out of bounds read in Codecs allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory by using a malicious file. An out of bounds read occurs when a program reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer.

Recommendations Update to version 148.0.7778.96 or later.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-7981

ECHO-DDE2-B936-33E7

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 138

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7981 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7981 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7981 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7905 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7959 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7954 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7987 · Note
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