CVE-2025-8578
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Publication date: 2025-08-07
Last updated on: 2025-11-13
Assigner: Chrome
Description
Description
Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.66 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| chrome | to 139.0.7258.66 (exc) | |
| apple | macos | * |
| microsoft | windows | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-416 | The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in the Cast component of Google Chrome versions prior to 139.0.7258.66. It allows a remote attacker to potentially cause heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page that exploits this flaw.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause heap corruption, which might lead to arbitrary code execution or browser crashes, potentially compromising the security and stability of your system when visiting a malicious web page.
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