Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - Out of bounds write in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.127 allowed a remote attacker to perform
    out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-8901)

  - Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially
    perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
    (CVE-2025-6191)

  - Use after free in Metrics in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.119 allowed a remote attacker to
    potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
    (CVE-2025-6192)

  - Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform
    arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-6554)

  - Insufficient policy enforcement in Loader in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.49 allowed a remote
    attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
    (CVE-2025-6556)

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - Hunspell 1.7.0 has an invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx.
    (CVE-2019-16707)

  - An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function
    because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser. (CVE-2024-50602)

  - Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.55 allowed a remote attacker to
    potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
    (CVE-2025-5063)

  - Inappropriate implementation in Background Fetch API in Google Chrome prior to 137.0.7151.55 allowed a
    remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
    (CVE-2025-5064)

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the edf83c10-83b8-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413 advisory.

    Qt qtwebengine-chromium repo reports:
    Backports for 25 security bugs in Chromium:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7657)

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-3c3f7d86db advisory.

    Update to 138.0.7204.157

          * CVE-2025-7656: Integer overflow in V8
          * CVE-2025-7657: Use after free in WebRTC
          * CVE-2025-6558: Incorrect validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU

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 Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5963 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5963-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                           Andres Salomon     July 17, 2025                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : chromium     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-6558 CVE-2025-7656 CVE-2025-7657

    Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result     in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information     disclosure. Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6558 exists     in the wild.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 138.0.7204.157-1~deb12u1.

    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 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 138.0.3351.95. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 16, 2025 advisory.

  - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7657)

  - Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157     allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2025-6558)

  - Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7656)

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 Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 138.0.7204.157. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2025_07_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15 advisory.

  - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7657)

  - Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7656)

  - Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157     allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2025-6558)

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 Google Chrome installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 138.0.7204.157. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the 2025_07_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15 advisory.

  - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7657)

  - Integer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-7656)

  - Insufficient validation of untrusted input in ANGLE and GPU in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157     allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium     security severity: High) (CVE-2025-6558)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
436237	Alpine: multiple qt6-qtwebengine packages: security update to 6.9.1-r3	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
436237	Alpine: multiple qt6-qtwebengine packages: security update to 6.9.1-r3	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
435285	Alpine: multiple qt6-qtwebengine packages: security update to 6.8.3-r1	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
435285	Alpine: multiple qt6-qtwebengine packages: security update to 6.8.3-r1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
258089	FreeBSD : qt6-webengine -- Multiple vulnerabilities (edf83c10-83b8-11f0-b6e5-4ccc6adda413)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
244625	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-7657	Nessus	Misc.	high
242409	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-3c3f7d86db)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
242238	Debian dsa-5963 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
242192	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 138.0.3351.95 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
242124	Google Chrome < 138.0.7204.157 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
242123	Google Chrome < 138.0.7204.157 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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