CVE-2026-10998 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker on the local network can perform an out-of-bounds memory read in Chrome via malicious traffic, potentially exposing sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-10998?
CVE-2026-10998 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out of bounds read in Media in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to perform an out of bounds memory read via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-10998?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-10998?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2026-10998 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-10998 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-10998, ECHO-fd67-8ad6-639b, GHSA-c56g-7jpj-c99g, MINI-8q6g-pp26-8pqw.