CVE-2025-1916 Use after free in Chrome
An attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page if a user installs a malicious extension, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2025-1916?
CVE-2025-1916 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Mar 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
Use after free in Profiles in Google Chrome prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1916?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1916?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-1916 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1916 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1916, GHSA-7qw8-w379-55hx.