{"id":36907,"date":"2025-05-10T13:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:03:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:17:31","slug":"cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4050-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-devtools-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-4050: Heap Corruption in Google Chrome DevTools Leading to Potential System Compromise<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability, coded as CVE-2025-4050, is a critical one affecting Google Chrome users. It is associated with an Out of Bounds Memory Access in DevTools in Google Chrome versions prior to 136.0.7103.59. This flaw exposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44192-high-severity-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-simple-barangay-management-system-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42132\">systems to potentially severe<\/a> exploits that could result in significant system compromise and data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4083-process-isolation-vulnerability-in-thunderbird-and-firefox-due-to-improper-handling-of-javascript-uris\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41691\">vulnerability poses a considerable risk due<\/a> to the high user base of Google Chrome, making it a potential target for remote attackers seeking to exploit such security loopholes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-4050<br \/>\nSeverity: Medium (8.8 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Heap corruption <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24351-remote-logging-vulnerability-in-ctrlx-os-can-lead-to-root-level-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42157\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-684414885\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Google Chrome | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46348-unauthenticated-backup-exploitation-of-yeswiki-prior-to-version-4-5-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41851\">Versions prior<\/a> to 136.0.7103.59<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-33117-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-hlos-adsp-module-loading\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41710\">vulnerability is a result of a flaw in the memory<\/a> handling process within the DevTools component of Google Chrome. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3501-keycloak-verification-policy-flaw-allows-bypass-of-trust-store-certificate-verification\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41753\">flaw allows<\/a> an out-of-bounds memory access that could lead to heap corruption. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3992-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-n150rt\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41706\">remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by creating a specially crafted HTML page and convincing a user to engage in specific UI gestures on this page. Once the user interacts with the malicious page, the attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32444-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-vllm-integration-with-mooncake\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41891\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>, potentially leading to a full system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3692033068\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited could look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;\n&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;head&gt;\n&lt;title&gt;Malicious Page&lt;\/title&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\n\/\/ Using JavaScript to create a memory overflow\nvar arr = new Array(1);\nfor (let i = 0; i &lt;= 1e9; i++) {\narr[i] = i;\n}\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;\/head&gt;\n&lt;body&gt;\n&lt;!-- Malicious UI element that causes the user to interact in a specific way --&gt;\n&lt;button onclick=&quot;arr[1e9 + 1] = &#039;malicious code&#039;;&quot;&gt;Click me!&lt;\/button&gt;\n&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above conceptual example, the JavaScript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-35995-gtkwave-array-index-validation-vulnerability-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42029\">code attempts to create an array<\/a> with a size greater than what the system can handle, causing a memory overflow. The UI element, when interacted with, attempts to access an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-35994-critical-array-index-validation-vulnerabilities-in-gtkwave\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41993\">index out of the array&#8217;s<\/a> bounds, potentially leading to heap corruption and the execution of malicious code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability, coded as CVE-2025-4050, is a critical one affecting Google Chrome users. It is associated with an Out of Bounds Memory Access in DevTools in Google Chrome versions prior to 136.0.7103.59. This flaw exposes systems to potentially severe exploits that could result in significant system compromise and data leakage. The vulnerability poses a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[91],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-36907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-google"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36907"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37469,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36907\/revisions\/37469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=36907"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=36907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}