CVE-2025-12440 Information disclosure in Chrome

What is CVE-2025-12440?

CVE-2025-12440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 10 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12440?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2025-12440?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2025-12440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-12440, GHSA-5jp6-gv68-h9wr.