Google Chrome 2025-05-27 V8 integer overflow

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Google Chrome 2025-05-27. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component V8. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-6191. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 2025-05-27 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component V8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The weakness was published by Shaheen Fazim. The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-6191. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 06/24/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240119 (Google Chrome < 137.0.7151.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 137.0.7151.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240119) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-18663). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Web Browser

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• Google

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• Chrome

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• 2025-05-27

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/

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