CVE-2026-9972

Uninitialized Use in Gamepad in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 148.0.7778.216 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS v3 8.3 HIGH

8.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0877304591.html	Vendor Advisory
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/508463705	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-28 23:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 11:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-9972

Mitre link : CVE-2026-9972

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-9972

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

chrome

apple

macos

CWE

CWE-457

Use of Uninitialized Variable

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