CVE-2025-12438 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-825 — Expired Pointer Dereference9 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Google ChromeChromiumPaloalto Prisma Browser
Timeline
PublishedNov 10
Latest updateNov 12

Description

Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome142.0.7444.59 — 142.0.7444.59
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 142.0.7444.59
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 142.0.7444.59-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2025-12438: Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142↗2025-11-10
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CVEList
CVE-2025-12438: Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142↗2025-11-10
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GHSA
GHSA-4w9w-65jx-4742: Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142↗2025-11-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2025-0018 Chromium and Prisma Browser: Monthly Vulnerability Update (November 2025)↗2025-11-12
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex: CVE-2025-12438↗2025-11-11
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in Ozone↗2025-11-10
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2025-12438 Use after free in Ozone↗2025-10-14
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Debian
CVE-2025-12438: chromium - Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux and ChromeOS prior to 142.0.74...↗2025
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