PT-2026-38177 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2026-05-05 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-7984

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description A use after free issue exists in ReadingMode. This allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code within a sandbox by using a specially crafted HTML page. Use after free is a memory corruption flaw that occurs when an application continues to use a pointer after it has been freed.

Recommendations Update to version 148.0.7778.96 or later.

Fix

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-7984

ECHO-24B0-A5BE-F73F

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 138

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-7984 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-7984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-7984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7984 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7992 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7945 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7913 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8019 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8013 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7904 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8015 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8021 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7940 · Note