Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-5283

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-5283

Published: May 27, 2025 / Updated: May 27, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109870
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5283
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free error within libvpx in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Fedora
Ubuntu
openEuler
IBM Qradar SIEM
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
libvpx (Ubuntu package)
libvpx-doc
libvpx-devel
libvpx
libvpx (Debian package)
libvpx-debugsource
libvpx-debuginfo
libvpx-utils
media-libs/libvpx
www-client/vivaldi
www-client/opera
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-debugsource
firefox-debuginfo
firefox
firefox (Red Hat package)
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-5283

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 137.0.7151.55
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 12 IF03
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP12 IF03
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 136.0.3240.104, 137.0.3296.52
Google Chrome - update to 137.0.7151.55
libvpx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm4, 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm3, 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.4, 1.11.0-2ubuntu2.4, 1.14.0-1ubuntu2.2, 1.14.1-1ubuntu1.1, 1.15.0-2ubuntu0.1
libvpx-doc - addressed in versions 1.7.0-12.0.1, 1.14.1-2
libvpx-devel - addressed in versions 1.7.0-12.0.1, 1.14.1-2
libvpx - addressed in versions 1.7.0-12.0.1, 1.14.1-2
libvpx (Debian package) - update to 1.12.0-1+deb12u4
libvpx-devel - update to 1.13.1-4
libvpx-debugsource - update to 1.13.1-4
libvpx-debuginfo - update to 1.13.1-4
libvpx - update to 1.13.1-4
libvpx-utils - update to 1.14.1-2
media-libs/libvpx - update to 1.15.2
www-client/vivaldi - update to 7.5.3735.44
www-client/opera - update to 122.0.5643.17
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:128.11.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.11.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.11.0-1
firefox - update to 128.11.0-1
firefox - addressed in versions 128.11.0-1, 128.11.0-1.0.2
firefox (Red Hat package) - update to 128.11.0-1.el8_6
chromium - addressed in versions 137.0.7151.55-1.el9, 137.0.7151.55-1.el10_1, 137.0.7151.55-1.fc41, 137.0.7151.55-1.fc42
chromium (Debian package) - update to 137.0.7151.55-3~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 137.16.2.69
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 138.0.3351.65
www-client/chromium - update to 138.0.7204.92
www-client/google-chrome - update to 138.0.7204.92
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - update to 1:140.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

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