CVE-2026-5272

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Undergoing Analysis
Published: 01 Apr 2026, 04:41
Last modified:02 Apr 2026, 03:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2026, 04:41
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
02 Apr 2026, 03:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 19%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-122•Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    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().

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Chrome

    < 146.0.7680.177 | ≥ 146.0.7680.178, < 146.0.7680.178

References (2)