CVE-2026-1861

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

Heap buffer overflow in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 144.0.7559.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 144.0.7559.132 — fixed in 144.0.7559.132

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 144.0.7559.132. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/478942410

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