CVE-2025-7656 is a high-severity integer overflow vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 138.0.7204.157. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially trigger heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant media attention and community discussion, indicating a high level of interest. There is no public exploit code available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 138.0.7204.157, < 138.0.7204.157CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 138.0.7204.157CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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