---
id: "CVE-2026-113178"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-113178"]
title: "Google Chrome on Mac: memory corruption in Views lets a web page read memory"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.5
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-fleet", "macos", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["chrome-up-to-date", "non-mac"]
published_at: "2026-10-20T22:19:10+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:24+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:53:08+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113178", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:24+00:00"}]
---

# Google Chrome on Mac: memory corruption in Views lets a web page read memory

A memory corruption flaw in the Views component of Google Chrome on macOS lets a remote attacker potentially read memory inside the browser sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The sources rate it Chromium medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5.

_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

- Run `chrome://version` in Chrome on Mac and compare the version with `156.0.8078.47`
- Check the installed version with `/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Info.plist` (key `CFBundleShortVersionString`)

## Fix

- Update Google Chrome on Mac to `156.0.8078.47` or later
- Restart the browser after the update so the new version is running

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:24+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113178

## From the sources

Memory corruption in Views in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 156.0.8078.47 allowed a remote attacker to potentially read memory inside the sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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