Google Chrome: Use-after-free in Views
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component of Google Chrome on macOS allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox. The attacker must lure a user to a crafted HTML page, so user interaction is required. Chromium rates the severity as Medium, and the CVSS base score is 8.8.
Affected
- Google Chrome on macOS prior to 156.0.8078.47
Fixed in
- Google Chrome on macOS 156.0.8078.47 or later. Newer Stable builds are also available.
Workaround
Unknown.
Exploitation
- No evidence of exploitation in the wild found.
- No public proof of concept known.
- Not known to be listed in CISA KEV (according to a third-party source).
Our recommendation
- Update Google Chrome on all Macs to 156.0.8078.47 or the newest Stable build.
- Fully quit and reopen Chrome after the update so the patched version is active.
- Check the version and restart status of all Macs, and include Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) in the same check.
- Remind users to be cautious with links and web pages from unknown senders.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop chromereleases.googleblog.com
- Chromium issue tracker (CVE reference) issues.chromium.org
- Ubuntu CVE tracker ubuntu.com
- Vulners CVE entry vulners.com
- VulDB entry vuldb.com
- HKCERT bulletin on Microsoft Edge updates www.hkcert.org
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 31 Oct 2026, 12:15.
Original description (NVD)
Use after free in Views in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
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