CVE-2025-1292 TPM2 Out-Of-Bounds Write Leading to Potential Operating System Verification Bypass in ChromeOS
An attacker with root access can exploit an out-of-bounds write in the TPM2 library to bypass OS verification and gain persistence on ChromeOS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1292?
CVE-2025-1292 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Out-Of-Bounds Write in TPM2 Reference Library in Google ChromeOS 122.0.6261.132 stable on Cr50 Boards allows an attacker with root access to gain persistence and bypass operating system verification via exploiting the NV_Read functionality during the Challenge-Response process.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1292?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1292?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-1292 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1292 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44p4-ww39-jj4m.