CVE-2026-3540 Memory corruption in Chrome

What is CVE-2026-3540?

CVE-2026-3540 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 4 Mar 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

Inappropriate implementation in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 145.0.7632.159 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3540?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2026-3540?

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-2026-3540 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3540 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

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3540, GHSA-3g3j-379w-ccm3, MINI-xqv6-cv2w-rfwh.