Google Chrome up to 138.0.7204.183 Cast use after free

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.0$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Cast. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-8578. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Cast. 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. CVE summarizes:

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)

The advisory is available at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-8578 since 08/05/2025. 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 08/17/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245584 (Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 139.0.3405.86 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 139.0.7258.66 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (245584) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1723). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
VulDB Temp Score: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔒
EPSS Percentile: 🔒

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 245584
Nessus Name: Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 139.0.3405.86 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Chrome 139.0.7258.66

Timelineinfo

08/05/2025 CVE reserved
08/07/2025 +2 days Advisory disclosed
08/07/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/17/2025 +10 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 423387
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-8578 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319106
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1723 - Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2025 08:36
Updated: 08/17/2025 16:39
Changes: 08/07/2025 08:36 (58), 08/07/2025 15:00 (1), 08/08/2025 13:27 (2), 08/08/2025 18:36 (7), 08/17/2025 16:39 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!