CVE-2026-19145
Description
A flaw was found in the Translate component of Chromium. A remote attacker could exploit a use-after-free vulnerability by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. This could lead to arbitrary code execution within the sandbox environment, potentially compromising the affected system.
Statement
This Important flaw in the Chromium Translate component enables remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution within the browser's sandbox. The vulnerability is triggered by user interaction with a specially crafted HTML page, posing a significant risk due to the common exposure to untrusted web content.
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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