CVE-2026-3061 Memory corruption in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-3061?

CVE-2026-3061 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Out of bounds read in Media in Google Chrome prior to 145.0.7632.116 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3061?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-3061?

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-2026-3061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3061, GHSA-qvmx-rqmx-pvfg, MINI-h24j-3432-fvr3.