{"id":48330,"date":"2025-06-03T01:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:58:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-22T05:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T11:38:23","slug":"cve-2025-5280-a-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5280-a-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5280: A High Severity Heap Corruption Vulnerability in Google Chrome V8<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-5280 vulnerability is an alarming security issue found in Google Chrome versions prior to 137.0.7151.55. This high-severity vulnerability allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption using a specifically designed HTML page. As Google Chrome is one of the most widely used web browsers globally, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39495-high-critical-vulnerability-in-boldthemes-avantage-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54199\">vulnerability has the potential<\/a> to impact millions of users, putting their system security and data integrity at risk.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46468-high-severity-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-wpfable-fable-extra\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54100\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> is emphasized by the fact that it can lead to potential system compromise or data leakage. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41646-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-affected-software-packages\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59307\">vulnerability highlights the importance of keeping software<\/a> and browsers up-to-date to guard against such threats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5280<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32309-potential-system-compromise-due-to-remote-file-inclusion-in-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56469\">Potential system compromise<\/a> and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-415131195\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5063-critical-heap-corruption-in-google-chrome-compositing\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56468\">Google Chrome<\/a> | Prior to 137.0.7151.55<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the case of CVE-2025-5280, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48123-critical-code-injection-vulnerability-in-holest-engineering-spreadsheet-price-changer-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60275\">vulnerability lies within the V8 engine<\/a>, which is the JavaScript engine used in Google Chrome. The issue is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1274-critical-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-autodesk-revit\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57094\">out-of-bounds write<\/a> error that can be triggered using a carefully crafted HTML page.<br \/>\nWhen the user visits this page, the malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-51360-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-in-php-v4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54358\">code is executed<\/a>, causing an overflow in the heap memory. This overflow can corrupt the data in the heap, leading to unpredictable behavior, including the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48828-arbitrary-php-code-execution-in-vbulletin-via-template-conditionals\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55747\">execution of arbitrary code<\/a>. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5098-printershare-android-app-vulnerability-allows-unauthorized-gmail-account-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55117\">allow an attacker to gain unauthorized<\/a> access to the system or leak sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-552208761\" 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>Here is a simplified conceptual example of how an HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46458-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-leading-to-sql-injection-in-occupancyplan\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55474\">request to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint might look. This code does not represent a real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45997-exploiting-file-upload-vulnerability-in-web-based-pharmacy-product-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57095\">exploit but serves to illustrate the nature of the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/malicious.html HTTP\/1.1\nHost: attacker.example.com\nAccept: text\/html,application\/xhtml+xml,application\/xml;q=0.9,image\/webp,*\/*;q=0.8<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, visiting the `malicious.html` page on the attacker&#8217;s website would trigger the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4052-a-ui-gesture-driven-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-devtools\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55308\">vulnerability in the affected versions of Google<\/a> Chrome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is highly recommended to apply the patch provided by the vendor, Google, as soon as possible. If you cannot apply the patch immediately, consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. However, these measures can only limit the risk and not eliminate it completely. The ultimate solution is to update Google Chrome to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48477-critical-vulnerability-in-freescout-prior-to-version-1-8-180\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57841\">version that has addressed this vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-5280 vulnerability is an alarming security issue found in Google Chrome versions prior to 137.0.7151.55. This high-severity vulnerability allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption using a specifically designed HTML page. As Google Chrome is one of the most widely used web browsers globally, this vulnerability has the potential to impact millions [&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":[86],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-48330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-google","attack_vector-buffer-overflow"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48330","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=48330"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54005,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48330\/revisions\/54005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=48330"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=48330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}