CVE-2025-13638 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-825 — Expired Pointer DereferenceCWE-78 — OS Command Injection11 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google ChromeChromium
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateDec 17

Description

Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

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 Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome143.0.7499.41 — 143.0.7499.41
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 143.0.7499.40
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 143.0.7499.40-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2025-13638: Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 143↗2025-12-02
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CVEList
CVE-2025-13638: Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 143↗2025-12-02
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GHSA
GHSA-6jxr-vc7p-9hqv: Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 143↗2025-12-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex: CVE-2025-13638↗2025-12-17
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2025-13638 Use after free in Media Stream↗2025-12-09
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in Media Stream↗2025-12-02
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Debian
CVE-2025-13638: chromium - Use after free in Media Stream in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed a...↗2025
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Microsoft
do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638 but the ! syntax is specific to ed and is unre↗2019-08-13
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Bleepingcomputer
Microsoft December 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 57 flaws↗2025-12-09
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