---
id: "CVE-2026-112998"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112998"]
title: "Chrome: memory corruption in Views lets a web page run code"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.8
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "google chrome", "fixed": ["156.0.8078.47"], "affected": "< 156.0.8078.47", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["browser", "chrome", "desktop", "other", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["chrome-at-or-above-156.0.8078.47"]
published_at: "2026-10-20T22:18:50+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:23+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:38:27+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112998", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:23+00:00"}]
---

# Chrome: memory corruption in Views lets a web page run code

A crafted HTML page can corrupt memory in Chrome's Views UI code before version 156.0.8078.47. An attacker can run arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox, which is the first step of a full browser compromise.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:google chrome affected < 156.0.8078.47 fixed 156.0.8078.47

## How to check

Open chrome://version and compare the version with 156.0.8078.47.

## Fix

Update Google Chrome to 156.0.8078.47 or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:23+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112998

## From the sources

Memory corruption in Views in Google Chrome prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

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