Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-3620

CVE-2025-3620:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A high-severity use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-3620) was discovered in the USB functionality of Google Chrome versions prior to 135.0.7049.95. The vulnerability was reported on March 21, 2025, and publicly disclosed on April 15, 2025. This security flaw affects all Chrome desktop versions across Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems (Chrome Release, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a use-after-free (CWE-416) issue in Chrome's USB implementation. According to the CVSS 3.1 scoring by CISA-ADP, it received a base score of 8.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required for exploitation (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page, which could lead to arbitrary code execution within the context of the browser. Given the high CVSS score and impact ratings for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, successful exploitation could result in significant system compromise (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google has released version 135.0.7049.95 of Chrome to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix has been incorporated into the stable channel release for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms (Chrome Release).

Community reactions

The vulnerability was initially reported by security researcher @retsew0x01 and was assigned a high severity rating by the Chromium security team. Google has acknowledged the researcher's contribution through their security rewards program (Chrome Release).