CVE-2026-13940: Uninitialized Use in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory v
Uninitialized Use in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via malicious network traffic. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13940
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-139400.15% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 4% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-13940 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for Uninitialized Use in
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- highCVE-2026-15132: Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker to …nvd · 2026-07-08
- mediumCVE-2026-15109: Uninitialized Use in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker …nvd · 2026-07-08
- unknownCVE-2026-13950: Chromium: CVE-2026-13950 Uninitialized Use in GPUmsrc · 2026-07-02
- unknownCVE-2026-14010: Chromium: CVE-2026-14010 Uninitialized Use in Codecsmsrc · 2026-07-02
- unknownCVE-2026-14070: Chromium: CVE-2026-14070 Uninitialized Use in WebNNmsrc · 2026-07-02
- unknownCVE-2026-14125: Chromium: CVE-2026-14125 Uninitialized Use in ANGLEmsrc · 2026-07-02
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