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Google Chrome V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability Allowing Heap Corruption

Vulnerability

A type confusion vulnerability has been identified in the V8 JavaScript engine used by Google Chrome. This issue, present in Chrome versions prior to 138.0.7204.168, could allow a remote attacker to exploit heap corruption by crafting a malicious HTML page.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to heap corruption, a common precursor to more severe memory corruption vulnerabilities such as arbitrary code execution.

Remediation

Users can update to Google Chrome version 138.0.7204.168 or later to address this vulnerability.

Added: Jul 22, 2025, 10:17 PM
Updated: Jul 22, 2025, 10:17 PM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
8.4
impact
2.5
exploitability
4.4
remediation
7.7
relevance
0.3
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.8

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.