CVE-2025-8578 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Google ChromeChromiumPaloalto Prisma Browser
Timeline
PublishedAug 7
Latest updateSep 10

Description

Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.66 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap 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/chrome139.0.7258.66 — 139.0.7258.66
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 139.0.7258.66
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 139.0.7258.66-1~deb12u1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2025-8578: Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139↗2025-08-07
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GHSA
GHSA-cfw9-x6x8-wjgw: Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139↗2025-08-07
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CVEList
CVE-2025-8578: Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139↗2025-08-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2025-0015 Chromium: Monthly Vulnerability Update (September 2025)↗2025-09-10
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex: CVE-2025-8578↗2025-08-19
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2025-8578 Use after free in Cast↗2025-08-12
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Debian
CVE-2025-8578: chromium - Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.66 allowed a remote ...↗2025
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