CVE-2025-6554
Description
A flaw was found in chromium. A type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine allows a remote attacker to achieve arbitrary read and write operations via a specially crafted HTML page. This allows an attacker to potentially manipulate memory contents. The exploitation vector involves the processing of malicious HTML content. This can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Statement
Chromium is not shipped in any supported Red Hat offerings.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability,Integrity,Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Memory; Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
When a memory buffer is accessed using the wrong type, it could read or write memory out of the bounds of the buffer, if the allocated buffer is smaller than the type that the code is attempting to access, leading to a crash and possibly code execution.
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