Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.166 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-7c82e2b870 advisory.

     Update to 142.0.7444.162

          * High CVE-2025-13042: Inappropriate implementation in V8




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-c92c2e0d79 advisory.

     Update to 142.0.7444.162

          * High CVE-2025-13042: Inappropriate implementation in V8




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-36898b8750 advisory.

     Update to 142.0.7444.162

          * High CVE-2025-13042: Inappropriate implementation in V8




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 142.0.3595.80. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the November 13, 2025 advisory.

  - Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.166 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2025-13042)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6055 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6055-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                           Andres Salomon     November 13, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : chromium     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-13042

    A security issue was discovered in Chromium which could result     in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information     disclosure.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed     in version 142.0.7444.162-1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 142.0.7444.162-1~deb13u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your chromium packages.

    For the detailed security status of chromium please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/chromium

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.166 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2025-13042)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 6e05f716-bf9e-11f0-b3f7-a8a1599412c6 advisory.

    Chrome Releases reports:
    This update includes 1 security fix:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 142.0.7444.162. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_11_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11 advisory.

  - Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.166 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2025-13042)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 142.0.7444.162. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_11_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11 advisory.

  - Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.166 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)     (CVE-2025-13042)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
275753	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-7c82e2b870)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
275580	Fedora 42 : chromium (2025-c92c2e0d79)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
275501	Fedora 43 : chromium (2025-36898b8750)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
275375	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 142.0.3595.80 (CVE-2025-13042)	Nessus	Windows	high
275305	Debian dsa-6055 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
275207	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13042	Nessus	Misc.	high
275171	FreeBSD : chromium -- security fix (6e05f716-bf9e-11f0-b3f7-a8a1599412c6)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
274836	Google Chrome < 142.0.7444.162 Vulnerability	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
274835	Google Chrome < 142.0.7444.162 Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	high

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