CVE-2026-8535 - chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in Media

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MEDIUM

chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in Media

Published May 14, 2026

5.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.24%

Description

Out of bounds read in Media in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted JPEG file. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Vendor Google Product Chrome Default
n/a
- Version
  148.0.7778.168
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <148.0.7778.168

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google

Chrome

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
148.0.7778.168	affected	<148.0.7778.168

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Google Chrome Security Advisory.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

References (6)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8535
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477691
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
ProductVendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/495530312
Permissions Required
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8535
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8535

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8535		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477691		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html		ProductVendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/495530312		Permissions Required
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8535
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8535