{"id":59546,"date":"2025-07-21T20:26:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:26:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:13:42","slug":"cve-2025-7657-high-severity-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-webrtc-component","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7657-high-severity-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-webrtc-component\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-7657: High Severity Vulnerability in Google Chrome&#8217;s WebRTC Component<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-7657 is a high severity issue found in Google Chrome&#8217;s WebRTC component. This flaw has been reported to affect previous versions of Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157. It is a use after free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28946-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-printxtore\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66188\">vulnerability that could potentially allow a remote<\/a> attacker to exploit heap corruption via a maliciously crafted HTML page. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its high <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47998-severe-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-windows-routing-and-remote-access-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67348\">severity<\/a> rating of 8.8 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scale and its potential to possibly compromise system integrity or leak sensitive data.<br \/>\nThe growing reliance on web browsers for day-to-day tasks, both personal and professional, makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54887-significant-security-vulnerability-in-jwe-ruby-encryption-implementation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82688\">vulnerability of this magnitude a significant<\/a> concern. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8011-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75620\">Google Chrome<\/a>, being one of the most popular web browsers globally, potentially exposes millions of users to this security flaw if left unpatched.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-7657<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43933-high-risk-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-via-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70838\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1136757814\" 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-2025-8578-critical-google-chrome-vulnerability-in-cast-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82297\">Google Chrome<\/a> | Prior to 138.0.7204.157<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a use after free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8292-critical-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-media-stream\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70837\">vulnerability in Google<\/a> Chrome&#8217;s WebRTC component. Specifically, it manipulates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43193-critical-memory-handling-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71724\">handling of memory<\/a> in the component, causing heap corruption. An attacker can craft a malicious HTML page, which, when loaded by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70839\">user in the vulnerable<\/a> browser, triggers the vulnerability. This could potentially allow the attacker to execute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25214-race-condition-vulnerability-in-wwbn-avideo-14-4-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68062\">arbitrary code<\/a> in the context of the browser, leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-745922761\" 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>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a hypothetical scenario where a user is tricked into visiting a malicious webpage, which contains the malicious payload.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/malicious_page.html HTTP\/1.1\nHost: attacker.example.com\nAccept: text\/html,application\/xhtml+xml,application\/xml;q=0.9,image\/webp,*\/*;q=0.8\nAccept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The `malicious_page.html` would contain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53084-critical-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-wwbn-avideo-14-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68061\">script that exploits the vulnerability<\/a> in Google Chrome&#8217;s WebRTC component, potentially leading to heap corruption and further exploitation. Users are strongly advised to update their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9864-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-v8-engine\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87983\">Google Chrome<\/a> browser to the latest version to mitigate this security risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-7657 is a high severity issue found in Google Chrome&#8217;s WebRTC component. This flaw has been reported to affect previous versions of Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157. It is a use after free vulnerability that could potentially allow a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a maliciously crafted HTML [&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-59546","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\/59546","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=59546"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80798,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59546\/revisions\/80798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59546"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}