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
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-2025-0999

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
www-client/opera - update to 120.0.5543.8
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
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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