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CVE-2025-5283:
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2025-5283 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the libvpx component of Google Chrome versions prior to 137.0.7151.55. The vulnerability was reported by Mozilla on May 22, 2025, and was officially patched in the Chrome stable channel update released on May 27, 2025 (Chrome Release).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Use-after-free (UAF) issue in the libvpx library, which is a critical component responsible for video processing in Chrome. This type of memory corruption bug occurs when the program continues to use a pointer after it has been freed, potentially leading to heap corruption. The vulnerability has been assigned a Medium severity rating by the Chrome security team (Chrome Release, NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This could lead to program crashes or potentially more severe consequences such as arbitrary code execution within the browser's security context (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Google has released a patch in Chrome version 137.0.7151.55 to address this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later. The update will be rolled out over the coming days/weeks across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms (Chrome Release).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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