CVE-2026-19156

Publication date 7 August 2026

Last updated 7 August 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Heap buffer overflow in Base in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.109 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected

Notes


alexmurray

The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu


mdeslaur

starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap


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