OOB write in Chrome Media (pre-148.0.7778.168) sandbox escape
CVE-2026-8548 Published on May 14, 2026
Out of bounds write in Media in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-8548 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2026-8548 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-8548
Want to know whenever a new CVE is published for Google Chrome? stack.watch will email you.
Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 148.0.7778.168 and below 148.0.7778.168 is affected.