Google Chrome up to 145.0.7632.159 Skia heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Skia. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-3931. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Skia. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.71 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-3931 since 03/11/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/15/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 302246 (Fedora 43 : chromium (2026-0dc0c88f83)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 146.0.7680.71 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (302246) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0702). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Google Chrome

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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ADP CISA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 302246
Nessus Name: Fedora 43 : chromium (2026-0dc0c88f83)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 146.0.7680.71

Timelineinfo

03/11/2026 CVE reserved
03/12/2026 +1 days Advisory disclosed
03/12/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/15/2026 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 417599
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-3931 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-3931
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-350623
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0702 - Google Chrome: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2026 04:59
Updated: 03/15/2026 07:45
Changes: 03/12/2026 04:59 (58), 03/13/2026 22:05 (7), 03/15/2026 01:25 (12), 03/15/2026 07:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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