--- title: Use After Free Bugs Are Out of Control @endingwithali... description: Critical use-after-free vulnerabilities were discovered in both Chrome and Firefox. Chrome/Chromium was affected by CVE-2026-5281, a zero-day in Dawn (the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/use-after-free-bugs-are-out-of-control-endingwithali-threatwire-cybersecurity-dquxul1qr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Use After Free Bugs Are Out of Control @endingwithali #threatwire #cybersecurity | daily.dev og:description: Critical use-after-free vulnerabilities were discovered in both Chrome and Firefox. Chrome/Chromium was affected by CVE-2026-5281, a zero-day in Dawn (the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/use-after-free-bugs-are-out-of-control-endingwithali-threatwire-cybersecurity-dquxul1qr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dqUXUl1Qr.png og:image:alt: Use After Free Bugs Are Out of Control @endingwithali #threatwire #cybersecurity og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Use After Free Bugs Are Out of Control @endingwithali #threatwire #cybersecurity **[Hak5](https://daily.dev/sources/hak5)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Critical use-after-free vulnerabilities were discovered in both Chrome and Firefox. Chrome/Chromium was affected by CVE-2026-5281, a zero-day in Dawn (the open-source WebGPU implementation) that could allow arbitrary code execution via a crafted HTML page. Firefox was hit by CVE-2022-64688, a CVSS 10.0 sandbox escape through a use-after-free bug in the accessibility API, affecting Firefox and related browsers. The host notes a perceived increase in use-after-free vulnerabilities in the wild and invites engineers to share what languages are susceptible and what to look for in code reviews. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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