Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-0998

 

Buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-0998

Published: February 12, 2025 / Updated: February 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103931
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0998
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in V8 in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
www-client/opera
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2025-0998

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 133.0.6943.98
Microsoft Edge - update to 133.0.3065.69
Google Chrome - update to 133.0.6943.98
www-client/opera - update to 120.0.5543.8
chromium - addressed in versions 133.0.6943.98-1.el8, 133.0.6943.98-1.el9, 133.0.6943.98-1.el10_0, 133.0.6943.98-1.fc40, 133.0.6943.98-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 133.0.6943.98-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 134.7.4.44
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 135.0.3179.85
www-client/chromium - update to 135.0.7049.95
www-client/google-chrome - update to 135.0.7049.95

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