CVE-2025-13720 Memory corruption in Chrome
A bad cast in the Chrome Loader allows remote attackers with compromised renderer processes to exploit heap corruption via crafted HTML pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-13720?
CVE-2025-13720 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Dec 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
Bad cast in Loader in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-704
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13720?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13720?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-13720 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13720, GHSA-p4q8-mx85-6fc8.