Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-0999

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-0999

Published: February 18, 2025 / Updated: February 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104054
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-2025-0999
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in V8. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-0999

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 133.0.6943.126
Microsoft Edge - update to 133.0.3065.82
Google Chrome - update to 133.0.6943.126
chromium - addressed in versions 133.0.6943.126-1.el8, 133.0.6943.126-1.el9, 133.0.6943.126-1.el10_1, 133.0.6943.126-1.fc40, 133.0.6943.126-1.fc41, 133.0.6943.126-1.fc42
chromium (Debian package) - update to 133.0.6943.126-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 134.7.4.44

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