{"id":55136,"date":"2025-06-25T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:54:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-29T00:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:45:59","slug":"cve-2025-6192-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6192-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-6192: High-Severity Heap Corruption Vulnerability in Google Chrome<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-6192 is a severe vulnerability in Google Chrome that could potentially allow an attacker to exploit heap corruption via a carefully crafted HTML page. This vulnerability is of high significance due to the widespread usage of Google Chrome as a default browser across multiple platforms, making a large number of users potentially susceptible to system compromise or data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-52928-severe-bypass-issue-in-arc-on-windows-allows-unauthorized-permissions-grant\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65086\">severity of this issue<\/a> is further emphasized by its high CVSS severity score of 8.8, indicating a significant impact if exploited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-6192<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Web (via a crafted HTML page)<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required (user must visit the attacker&#8217;s crafted HTML page)<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49415-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery-with-potential-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62881\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3629289638\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8011-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75610\">Google Chrome<\/a> | Prior to 137.0.7151.119<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a &#8220;use after free&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6191-high-severity-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-v8-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62992\">vulnerability in Metrics in Google<\/a> Chrome. In essence, this means that the software continues to use a pointer after it has been freed. This can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6114-critical-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-619l-leading-to-stack-based-buffer-overflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61659\">lead to two types of vulnerabilities<\/a>: the software could potentially read old data or it might write data into the wrong location. In this particular exploit, 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=\"65087\">remote attacker<\/a> can craft an HTML page that triggers this vulnerability, leading to heap corruption. The attacker can then use this corruption to execute arbitrary code, potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49181-unauthorized-api-endpoint-access-leading-to-denial-of-service-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61713\">leading to system compromise or data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-885835330\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28243-html-injection-vulnerability-in-alteryx-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72303\">vulnerability might be exploited could be a malicious HTML<\/a> page that triggers the use-after-free condition. This example is not real code, but is meant to illustrate the concept:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;\n&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;body&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\n\/\/ Code that triggers the use-after-free condition in Metrics\ntriggerUseAfterFree();\n\/\/ Code that takes advantage of the heap corruption to execute arbitrary commands\nexploitHeapCorruption();\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58176-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-dive-mcp-host-desktop-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86339\">code would need to be hosted<\/a> on a webpage and the victim would need to visit this page for the exploit to be successful. It is crucial to regularly update your browser and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4738-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-yirmibes-software-my-erp\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62880\">software to protect yourself from such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-6192 is a severe vulnerability in Google Chrome that could potentially allow an attacker to exploit heap corruption via a carefully crafted HTML page. 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