🛡️ CVE-2026-8559 on Debian — chromium

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Integer overflow in Internationalization in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.168 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-8559 as tracked by Debian, for the package chromium. The fix is available in version 148.0.7778.167-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8559 is classified as CWE-472: External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter. The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8559 is recorded against 1 package.

  • chromium (fixed in 148.0.7778.167-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-8559 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-05-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
chromium — 148.0.7778.167-1

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