Use after free in Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
History

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

Thu, 14 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Title Use‑After‑Free in Chrome Accessibility Allows Privilege Escalation

Thu, 14 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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 Accessibility in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weaknesses CWE-416
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2026-05-14T19:52:28.723Z

Updated: 2026-05-15T03:56:47.325Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T05:40:21.510Z

Link: CVE-2026-8557

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T20:48:44.212Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T20:17:17.467

Modified: 2026-05-14T21:19:23.923

Link: CVE-2026-8557

cve-icon Redhat

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