{"id":53331,"date":"2025-06-18T15:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T04:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:23:41","slug":"cve-2025-5959-high-severity-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-google-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5959-high-severity-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-google-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5959: High Severity Type Confusion Vulnerability in Google Chrome<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-5959 is a high-severity vulnerability that has been discovered in Google&#8217;s popular web browser, Chrome. This vulnerability is centered around the V8 JavaScript engine used by Chrome and can enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox through a specifically crafted HTML page. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49013-code-injection-vulnerability-in-wilderforge-projects-due-to-unsafe-github-actions-usage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60095\">vulnerability is particularly concerning due<\/a> to the widespread use of Google Chrome, making a large number of users potentially susceptible to this issue if left unaddressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5959<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: This vulnerability could result in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31222-potential-privilege-elevation-and-system-compromise-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59688\">potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-189207296\" 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-2025-5958-critical-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-media-functionality\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61115\">Google Chrome<\/a> | Prior to 137.0.7151.103<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48815-windows-ssdp-service-type-confusion-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78151\">type confusion<\/a> in V8, allows for the manipulation of the type of an object. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47167-microsoft-office-type-confusion-vulnerability-leading-to-unauthorized-local-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61757\">Type confusion vulnerabilities<\/a> occur when the program is tricked into treating an instance of one type as a different type. In the case of CVE-2025-5959, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3090-unauthenticated-remote-attack-leading-to-potential-data-leakage-and-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70901\">remote attacker<\/a> can send a maliciously crafted HTML page to a user. If the user opens this page in a vulnerable version of Chrome, the attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3835-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-zohocorp-manageengine-exchange-reporter-plus\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59856\">execute arbitrary code<\/a> inside the browser&#8217;s sandbox environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2635658604\" 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>The exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31424-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wp-lead-capturing-pages-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60227\">vulnerability would require a specifically crafted HTML page<\/a> that exploits the type confusion in V8. The actual code would be highly dependent on the specific details of the V8 implementation and the target system, but conceptually, it would look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\n\/\/ Detailed JavaScript code that exploits the type confusion vulnerability in V8\nvar malicious_object = new ConfusableObject();\nmalicious_object.confuseType();\nmalicious_object.executeArbitraryCode();\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;body&gt;\n&lt;!-- Innocuous-looking content that entices the user to open the page --&gt;\n&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, `ConfusableObject` is a placeholder for an actual object that can be used to exploit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7696-critical-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-integration\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70900\">type confusion<\/a> vulnerability. The `confuseType` function would manipulate the internal state of the object to cause V8 to treat it as a different type, and the `executeArbitraryCode` function would take advantage of this type confusion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1331-ibm-cics-local-user-code-execution-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59965\">execute arbitrary code<\/a> within the browser&#8217;s sandbox environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-5959 is a high-severity vulnerability that has been discovered in Google&#8217;s popular web browser, Chrome. This vulnerability is centered around the V8 JavaScript engine used by Chrome and can enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox through a specifically crafted HTML page. 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