CVE-2026-5279 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Google Chrome

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-843 — Type Confusion11 documents10 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google ChromeChromium
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateApr 2

Description

Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome146.0.7680.178 — 146.0.7680.178
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 146.0.7680.177
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 146.0.7680.177-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2026-5279: Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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CVEList
CVE-2026-5279: Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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GHSA
GHSA-2q94-wprw-25w4: Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146↗2026-04-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2026-5279 Object corruption in V8↗2026-04-02
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Object corruption in V8↗2026-03-31
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2026-5278↗2026-03-31
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Debian
CVE-2026-5279: chromium - Object corruption in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remot...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2026-5279 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5279 chromium: Object corruption in V8 [fedora-all]↗2026-04-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2026-5279 chromium: Object corruption in V8 [epel-all]↗2026-04-01
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CVE-2026-5279 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Google | cvebase