CVE-2026-5914 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker can exploit heap corruption in Chrome via a malicious extension, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-5914?
CVE-2026-5914 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 8 Apr 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
Type Confusion in CSS in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2026-5914?
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-2026-5914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5914, GHSA-7256-9fwc-879g, MINI-mq3q-c3p3-wg9f.