CVE-2025-1426: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-1426) was discovered in the GPU component of Google Chrome on Android prior to version 133.0.6943.126. The vulnerability was reported by security researchers un3xploitable & GF on December 11, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on February 18, 2025 (Chrome Release, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) that affects the GPU component in Google Chrome. According to the CVSS 3.1 scoring, it received a high severity base score of 8.8, with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

The vulnerability could potentially lead to heap corruption when exploited through a crafted HTML page. Given the high CVSS scores for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, successful exploitation could result in significant system compromise (NVD, Palo Alto).

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 133.0.6943.126 for Android. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Chrome Release).