CVE-2025-6557: 
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-6557 is a security vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's DevTools component affecting Windows versions prior to 138.0.7204.49. The vulnerability was initially reported by Ameen Basha M K on March 27, 2025, and was disclosed on June 24, 2025. The issue stems from insufficient data validation in the DevTools component of Google Chrome on Windows systems (Wiz Report, Chrome Release).

The vulnerability is characterized by CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The technical assessment indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and user interaction, with low attack complexity and no privileges required (NVD, Wiz Report).

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page, but only if they can convince a user to engage in specific UI gestures. The impact is considered Low according to Chromium's security severity rating system, with potential compromises to both confidentiality and integrity, though no impact on availability (Wiz Report).

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 138.0.7204.49 for Windows. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was released as part of a security update that addressed multiple vulnerabilities (Chrome Release).