V8 Heap Corruption via Type Confusion (Chrome <144.0.7559.132)
CVE-2026-1862 Published on February 3, 2026
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-1862 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an Object Type Confusion Vulnerability?
The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.
CVE-2026-1862 has been classified to as an Object Type Confusion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-1862
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 144.0.7559.132 and below 144.0.7559.132 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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