CVE-2026-7972

Description

Uninitialized Use in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

Google Chrome < 148.0.7778.96

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- PoC for CVE-2026-7972: Conceptual GPU uninitialized memory read -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>GPU Uninitialized Memory Leak PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <canvas id="glCanvas"></canvas>
    <script>
        // Attempt to trigger GPU operations
        const canvas = document.getElementById('glCanvas');
        const gl = canvas.getContext('webgl');
        
        if (!gl) {
            console.log('WebGL not supported');
        } else {
            // Simulate operations that might touch uninitialized memory
            // In a real exploit, specific shader or buffer operations would be used
            const buffer = gl.createBuffer();
            gl.bindBuffer(gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, buffer);
            // This is a placeholder for the actual exploit trigger
            console.log('GPU buffer created. Vulnerability might be triggered via specific buffer manipulation.');
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7972
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7972
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-7972/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-7972
[5] https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
[6] https://issues.chromium.org/issues/497546281

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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