Google Chrome up to 132.0.6834.159 V8 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component V8. The manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-0445. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component V8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 133.0.6943.53 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0445 since 01/13/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/08/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214952 (Google Chrome < 133.0.6943.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 133.0.6943.53 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214952). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214952
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 133.0.6943.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 133.0.6943.53

Timelineinfo

01/13/2025 🔍
02/04/2025 +22 days 🔍
02/04/2025 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2025 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 392521
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0445 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0445
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294677

Entryinfo

Created: 02/04/2025 21:28
Updated: 02/08/2025 09:17
Changes: 02/04/2025 21:28 (59), 02/04/2025 22:11 (2), 02/08/2025 09:17 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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