Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202511-04 (Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge.
Opera: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and its derivatives. Please review the CVE     identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-2cc476bf84 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.127

      * CVE-2025-10200: Use after free in Serviceworker
      * CVE-2025-10201: Inappropriate implementation in Mojo


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-fade46c641 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.127

      * CVE-2025-10200: Use after free in Serviceworker
      * CVE-2025-10201: Inappropriate implementation in Mojo

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-e8d34c61f8 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.80

      * CVE-2025-9864: Use after free in V8
      * CVE-2025-9865: Inappropriate implementation in Toolbar
      * CVE-2025-9866: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions         CVE-2025-9867: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads

    ----

    Update to 139.0.7258.154

      * CVE-2025-9478: Use after free in ANGLE

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-c73675b464 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.127

      * CVE-2025-10200: Use after free in Serviceworker
      * CVE-2025-10201: Inappropriate implementation in Mojo

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 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-374cd66fa7 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.80

      * CVE-2025-9864: Use after free in V8
      * CVE-2025-9865: Inappropriate implementation in Toolbar
      * CVE-2025-9866: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions         CVE-2025-9867: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads

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-fd5fc5fb75 advisory.

    Update to 140.0.7339.80

      * CVE-2025-9864: Use after free in V8
      * CVE-2025-9865: Inappropriate implementation in Toolbar
      * CVE-2025-9866: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions         CVE-2025-9867: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads

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 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 ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2025-9478)

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

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-ad180e88ee advisory.

    Update to 139.0.7258.154

      * CVE-2025-9478: Use after free in ANGLE

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-dc1c32b029 advisory.

    Update to 139.0.7258.154

      * CVE-2025-9478: Use after free in ANGLE

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 139.0.3405.125. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the August 28, 2025 advisory.

  - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2025-9478)

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-5988 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5988-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                           Andres Salomon     August 27, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : chromium     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-9478

    A security issues 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 139.0.7258.154-1~deb12u1.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in     version 139.0.7258.154-1~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 version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 139.0.7258.154. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_08_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26 advisory.

  - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2025-9478)

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 139.0.7258.154. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_08_stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26 advisory.

  - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.154 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical) (CVE-2025-9478)

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	Type	Severity
276672	GLSA-202511-04 : Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge. Opera: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
265391	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-2cc476bf84)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
264843	Fedora 43 : chromium (2025-fade46c641)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
264690	Fedora 43 : chromium (2025-e8d34c61f8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
264688	Fedora 42 : chromium (2025-c73675b464)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
264588	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-374cd66fa7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
261685	Fedora 42 : chromium (2025-fd5fc5fb75)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	critical
260518	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-9478	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
260149	Fedora 42 : chromium (2025-ad180e88ee)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
260055	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-dc1c32b029)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
258091	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 139.0.3405.125 (CVE-2025-9478)	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
258050	Debian dsa-5988 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
255242	Google Chrome < 139.0.7258.154 Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
255241	Google Chrome < 139.0.7258.154 Vulnerability	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high

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