CVE-2025-9478 (GCVE-0-2025-9478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-26 18:51 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:48
VLAI
Summary
Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-28 03:55 UTC
CWE
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: 139.0.7258.154 , < 139.0.7258.154 (custom)
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