{"id":59760,"date":"2025-07-30T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:11:17","slug":"cve-2025-8010-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-v8-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8010-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome-s-v8-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8010: High Severity Heap Corruption Vulnerability in Google Chrome&#8217;s V8 Engine<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-8010 vulnerability exposes a significant risk to the cybersecurity landscape, affecting millions of users who rely on Google Chrome as their primary web browser. This vulnerability stems from a Type Confusion in V8, a critical component of Google Chrome, and allows a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption via a specially crafted HTML page. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33077-local-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-ibm-engineering-systems-design-rhapsody\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68411\">vulnerability is of high concern due to the potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage that can occur if exploited, emphasizing the need for users and administrators to apply the necessary patches immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8010<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Remote<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31278-memory-corruption-vulnerability-with-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70367\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4107060901\" 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=\"75607\">Google Chrome<\/a> | Prior to 138.0.7204.168<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability works by exploiting a Type Confusion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8029-critical-javascript-execution-vulnerability-in-thunderbird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67461\">V8<\/a> JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48815-windows-ssdp-service-type-confusion-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78154\">Type Confusion<\/a> is a term used to describe a situation where a piece of code doesn&#8217;t verify the type of object that is passed to it, and it directly uses it without type-checking. In this scenario, an attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page to trigger type confusion in V8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74217\">leading to heap corruption<\/a>.<br \/>\nHeap corruption occurs when a program damages the data structure that manages the memory space, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50738-memos-application-vulnerability-allows-for-unauthorized-user-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70368\">allowing an attacker to manipulate the application&#8217;s<\/a> execution flow. In this case, the attacker can use this 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=\"68412\">arbitrary code<\/a>, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3582601641\" 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 a crafted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28243-html-injection-vulnerability-in-alteryx-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72299\">HTML page that could potentially exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;\n&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;body&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\n\/\/ Malicious JavaScript code exploiting the type confusion vulnerability in V8\nlet obj = {a: 1};\nlet arr = [1, 2, 3];\nfunction trigger_vulnerability() {\n\/\/ Type confusion triggered here\nobj = arr;\nobj[0] = 0x1234; \/\/ Overwrite heap data\n}\ntrigger_vulnerability();\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the JavaScript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53145-type-confusion-vulnerability-in-windows-message-queuing-allowing-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78194\">code attempts to cause a type confusion<\/a> by assigning an array to an object. This triggers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46835-high-risk-vulnerability-in-git-gui-allows-unauthorized-file-overwrite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67462\">vulnerability and allows<\/a> for heap corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-8010 vulnerability exposes a significant risk to the cybersecurity landscape, affecting millions of users who rely on Google Chrome as their primary web browser. 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