Use after free in HID in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
History

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Title Use After Free in Chrome HID Allowing Potential Sandbox Escape via Crafted HTML Use‑After‑Free in Chrome HID Leads to Potential Sandbox Escape via Crafted Webpage

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Title Use After Free in Chrome HID Allowing Potential Sandbox Escape via Crafted HTML

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Use after free in HID in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T03:56:58.251Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T05:40:11.666Z

Link: CVE-2026-8515

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T21:03:55.576Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T20:17:12.200

Modified: 2026-05-14T22:16:45.847

Link: CVE-2026-8515

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T23:00:13Z