Out of bounds read in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Apple
  • Macos
Google
  • Chrome
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Microsoft
  • Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497926602 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7981 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7981 cve-icon
History

Sat, 09 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in Codecs
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 07 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in Chrome Codecs Enables Data Leak from Malicious File

Thu, 07 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Wed, 06 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 06 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Out-of-Bounds Read in Chrome Codecs Enables Data Leak from Malicious File

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Out of bounds read in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-125
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2026-05-06T18:13:00.591Z

Updated: 2026-05-07T12:58:23.258Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:26.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-7981

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T19:07:44.577Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:48.963

Modified: 2026-05-07T14:38:45.550

Link: CVE-2026-7981

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-7981 - Bugzilla