Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-5959

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Type Confusion in Google Chromium - CVE-2025-5959

Published: June 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU110746
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-2025-5959
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2025-5959

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 137.0.7151.103
Microsoft Edge - update to 137.0.3296.83
Google Chrome - update to 137.0.7151.103
chromium - addressed in versions 137.0.7151.103-1.el9, 137.0.7151.103-1.el10_1, 137.0.7151.103-1.fc41, 137.0.7151.103-1.fc42
Prisma Access - update to 138.33.5.97
www-client/vivaldi - update to 7.5.3735.44
www-client/opera - update to 122.0.5643.17
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
chromium (Debian package) - update to 137.0.7151.103-1~deb12u1

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