CVE-2025-12438
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Publication date: 2025-11-10

Last updated on: 2025-11-13

Assigner: Chrome

Description
Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Published
2025-11-10
Last Modified
2025-11-13
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2026-06-16
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2025-11-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-12438
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Showing 3 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
google chrome to 142.0.7444.59 (exc)
google chrome_os *
linux linux_kernel *
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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a use-after-free issue in the Ozone component of Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS versions prior to 142.0.7444.59. It allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause object corruption, which may lead to unexpected behavior, crashes, or potentially allow further exploitation of the system running the affected Chrome versions.

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