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CVE-2025-1916: 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...

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)

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1916

Problem Types

Use after free

Affected Products

Vendor: Google

Product: Chrome

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.21% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1916
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/376493203

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