8.8

CVE-2025-8578: google chrome Use After Free

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2025-8578CGA-fhx9-mv7x-4m73CGA-gx8q-4h34-vgmg
Published 07-08-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-8578 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
DSA-5971-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15421-1CGA-R632-2442-MJWR

Timeline

  1. 07-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.66 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard1 product
  • chromium< 139.0.7258.66-r0
Debian1 product
  • chromium< 139.0.7258.66-1~deb12u1 | < 139.0.7258.127-1~deb13u1 | < 139.0.7258.66-1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ 139.0.7258.66, < 139.0.7258.66 | < 139.0.7258.66
Wolfi1 product
  • chromium< 139.0.7258.66-r0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

3 links