A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in Google Chrome's DevTools component, affecting versions prior to 152.0.7977.82. The flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code outside the sandbox by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is classified as 'High' severity by the Chromium security team. Google has addressed the issue in Chrome version 152.0.7977.82. Use-after-free vulnerabilities are particularly dangerous as they can lead to memory corruption and code execution. The issue is tracked under CVE-2026-85042 and has been published on the NVD. Users are strongly advised to update their Chrome browser to the latest stable version immediately.
