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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CVE-2026-9117

High
7.5/10

Summary

Type Confusion in GFX in Google Chrome on Linux, ChromeOS prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted video file. (Chromium security severity: High)

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

The program allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

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