Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2026-3538
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 145.0.7632.159 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | chromium | 144.0.7559.132-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | chromium | 144.0.7559.132-r4 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.10.1-r9 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qt6-qtwebengine | 6.10.2-r6 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 145.0.7632.159-1~deb12u1 | DSA-6157-1 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 145.0.7632.159-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 145.0.7632.159-1~deb13u1 | DSA-6157-1 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 145.0.7632.159-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 145.0.7632.159-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:12 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:13 | webkit2gtk | 2.54.0-1~deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:14 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:12 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:13 | wpewebkit | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Debian:14 | wpewebkit | 2.54.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qtwebkit-opensource-src | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | webkit2gtk | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wpewebkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-3538 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-472 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H