Google Chrome up to 138.0.7204.49 V8 type confusion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component V8. Such manipulation leads to type confusion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-6554. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component V8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type confusion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-843. The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The advisory is available at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-6554 since 06/24/2025. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/02/2025).

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240978 (Google Chrome < 138.0.7204.92 Vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. This issue was added on 07/02/2025 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 07/23/2025:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 138.0.7204.96 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (1015), Tenable (240978) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-19675). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Class: Type confusion
CWE: CWE-843
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Status: Attacked

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Nessus ID: 240978
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 138.0.7204.92 Vulnerability

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 138.0.7204.96

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06/24/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 427663
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-6554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-6554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-314474
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/01/2025 06:55
Updated: 07/02/2025 22:16
Changes: 07/01/2025 06:55 (58), 07/01/2025 09:24 (2), 07/01/2025 16:56 (1), 07/01/2025 18:28 (3), 07/01/2025 20:30 (3), 07/02/2025 07:16 (1), 07/02/2025 22:16 (9)
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