CVE-2025-1916 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

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.

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1916, GHSA-7qw8-w379-55hx.

Is CVE-2025-1916 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free