CVE-2026-113028
Description
A flaw was found in the Media component of chromium-browser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by convincing a user to open a specially crafted HTML page. This issue occurs due to a use-after-free condition, where the application references memory after it has already been released.
Statement
This vulnerability is rated as Important severity because exploitation allows remote execution of arbitrary code within the browser renderer process when processing untrusted web content. Although code execution is possible, default sandbox protections restrict the attacker from directly compromising the host system without a secondary escape flaw. Furthermore, Chromium is not shipped in supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux products, restricting exposure to community-supported Fedora and EPEL repositories.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Memory
If the expired pointer is used in a read operation, an attacker might be able to control data read in by the application.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
If the expired pointer references a memory location that is not accessible to the product, or points to a location that is "malformed" (such as NULL) or larger than expected by a read or write operation, then a crash may occur.
Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability
Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
If the expired pointer is used in a function call, or points to unexpected data in a write operation, then code execution may be possible.
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