CVE-2026-87585: Double Free in PDFium in Google Chrome on Windows Prior to 153.0.8010.36 Allows Remote Code Execution via Crafted PDF
A NVD · · CVE-2026-87585
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
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Key metrics
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
A double-free vulnerability in Chromium's PDF engine enables remote code execution within the browser sandbox via crafted PDF files,a direct attack vector exploitable through social engineering.
Description
CVE-2026-87585 is a double-free vulnerability in PDFium, Chromium's PDF rendering engine. It affects Google Chrome versions prior to 153.0.8010.36 on Windows systems. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by sending a crafted PDF to a victim or hosting it for download on a malicious website. The vulnerability carries high security severity and enables potential bypass of sandbox protections. Exploitation requires no user interaction beyond opening a PDF file.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 0.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 0.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational