Description
Side-channel information leakage in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Published: 2026-07-30
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6408-1 chromium security update
History

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Title Side-Channel Leak in WebCodecs via Crafted HTML chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Side-channel information leakage in WebCodecs
Weaknesses CWE-205
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Side-Channel Leak in WebCodecs via Crafted HTML

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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Description Side-channel information leakage in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weaknesses CWE-1300
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T18:20:01.210Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:37:12.011Z

Link: CVE-2026-17978

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T18:19:53.629Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:25:52Z

Links: CVE-2026-17978 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T21:00:03Z

Weaknesses