CVE-2026-19159
Description
A flaw was found in chromium-browser. This use-after-free vulnerability in the Views component allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption. By convincing a user to engage in specific user interface gestures and visit a crafted HTML page, an attacker could achieve arbitrary code execution.
Statement
This Important flaw in chromium-browser allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, a use-after-free in the Views component, requires a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page and engage in specific user interface gestures, making it dependent on user interaction but still posing a significant risk due to the potential for full system compromise.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.
Other
Technical Impact: Unexpected State
Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.
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