Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-7950

Memory Safety in Google Chrome ≤ 148.0.7778.96

Published
06 May 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0017 7th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-7950 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Out of bounds read and write in GFX in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

Out-of-bounds read/write in Chrome GFX directly enables drive-by client exploitation via malicious network traffic, mapping to T1189 (Drive-by Compromise) and T1203 (Exploitation for Client Execution).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Executionconfidence: HIGH
OOB read/write in Chrome GFX via malicious network traffic directly provides an exploitation primitive for client-side code execution.
T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Accessconfidence: MEDIUM
Arbitrary read/write triggered by network traffic enables drive-by compromise of the browser client.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

google
chrome
≤ 148.0.7778.96

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires timely application of the Chrome update that eliminates the out-of-bounds GFX flaw before malicious network traffic can trigger it.

prevent

Enforces memory-protection mechanisms that block or contain the out-of-bounds read/write operations described in CWE-125/CWE-787.

prevent

Process isolation (as used by Chrome renderers) limits the blast radius of an arbitrary read/write achieved via the GFX vulnerability.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices such as bounds checking and memory-safe languages directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning and recording can discover instances of out-of-bounds reads after code is deployed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching replaces vulnerable code containing out-of-bounds read flaws.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development and acceptance includes fuzzing and static analysis that detect out-of-bounds read defects before release.

A.8.15 Logging partial match
detects

Logging can record evidence of an out-of-bounds read but does not prevent the weakness itself.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and bounds checking that directly prevent out-of-bounds reads.

prevents

Application security requirements include explicit bounds and memory-safety specifications that mitigate buffer over-reads.

prevents

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require memory-safe design patterns and runtime protections against out-of-bounds access.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe pointer arithmetic and mandate bounds-checked reads, eliminating CWE-125.

References