Microsoft Edge up to 151.0.4129.78 buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Edge. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-72970. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

The advisory is shared for download at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-72970 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/14/2026).

Upgrading to version 151.0.4129.86 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Edge

Version

• 3.3.2604.3097
• 11.0.10240.16384
• 38.14393.0.0
• 38.14393.1066.0
• 98.0.1108.43
• 99.0.1150.30
• 102.0.1245.39
• 102.0.1245.41
• 103.0.1264.37
• 103.0.1264.44
• 104.0.1293.47
• 118.0.2088.88
• 118.0.2088.102
• 119.0.2151.44
• 119.0.2151.58
• 119.0.2151.72
• 120.0.2210.61
• 120.0.2210.77
• 120.0.2210.133
• 120.0.2210.160
• 121.0.2277.83
• 121.0.2277.98
• 122.0.2365.52
• 122.0.2365.63
• 122.0.2365.80
• 122.0.2365.92
• 122.0.2365.120
• 123.0.2420.53
• 123.0.2420.81
• 124.0.2478.51
• 124.0.2478.97
• 124.0.2478.109
• 126.0.2592.56
• 126.0.2592.68
• 126.0.2592.81
• 126.0.2592.102
• 127.0.2651.74
• 127.0.2651.98
• 127.0.2651.105
• 128.0.2739.42
• 129.0.2792.52
• 130.0.2849.46
• 131.0.2903.48
• 131.0.2903.63
• 131.0.2903.86
• 132.0.2957.115
• 132.0.2957.118
• 133.0.3065.51
• 133.0.3065.69
• 134.0.3124.51
• 134.0.3124.66
• 134.0.3124.93
• 135.0.3179.54
• 135.0.3179.98
• 136.0.3240.50
• 138.0.3351.65
• 140.0.3485.54
• 140.0.3485.71
• 140.0.3485.81
• 142.0.3595.53
• 143.0.3650.66
• 143.0.3650.88
• 143.0.3650.97
• 144.0.3719.82
• 145.0.3800.58
• 146.0.3856.59
• 146.0.3856.84
• 147.0.3912.60
• 148.0.3967.55
• 148.0.3967.70
• 149.0.4022.68
• 150.0.4078.48
• 150.0.4078.50
• 150.0.4078.80
• 150.0.4078.99
• 151.0.4129.59
• 151.0.4129.78

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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