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Fedora 43 : cef (2025-604e02ca72)

high Nessus Plugin ID 277227

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-604e02ca72 advisory.

 Update to 142.0.7444.162

 * High CVE-2025-12725: Out of bounds write in WebGPU
 * High CVE-2025-12726: Inappropriate implementation in Views
 * High CVE-2025-12727: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * Medium CVE-2025-12728: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox
 * Medium CVE-2025-12729: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox
 * High CVE-2025-12428: Type Confusion in V8
 * High CVE-2025-12429: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * High CVE-2025-12430: Object lifecycle issue in Media
 * High CVE-2025-12431: Inappropriate implementation in Extensions
 * High CVE-2025-12432: Race in V8
 * High CVE-2025-12433: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * High CVE-2025-12036: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * Medium CVE-2025-12434: Race in Storage
 * Medium CVE-2025-12435: Incorrect security UI in Omnibox
 * Medium CVE-2025-12436: Policy bypass in Extensions
 * Medium CVE-2025-12437: Use after free in PageInfo
 * Medium CVE-2025-12438: Use after free in Ozone
 * Medium CVE-2025-12439: Inappropriate implementation in App-Bound Encryption
 * Low CVE-2025-12440: Inappropriate implementation in Autofill
 * Medium CVE-2025-12441: Out of bounds read in V8
 * Medium CVE-2025-12443: Out of bounds read in WebXR
 * Low CVE-2025-12444: Incorrect security UI in Fullscreen UI
 * Low CVE-2025-12445: Policy bypass in Extensions
 * Low CVE-2025-12446: Incorrect security UI in SplitView
 * Low CVE-2025-12447: Incorrect security UI in Omnibox


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.

Solution

Update the affected cef package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-604e02ca72

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 277227

File Name: fedora_2025-604e02ca72.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2025

Updated: 12/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12727

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cef, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12036, CVE-2025-12428, CVE-2025-12429, CVE-2025-12430, CVE-2025-12431, CVE-2025-12432, CVE-2025-12433, CVE-2025-12434, CVE-2025-12435, CVE-2025-12436, CVE-2025-12437, CVE-2025-12438, CVE-2025-12439, CVE-2025-12440, CVE-2025-12441, CVE-2025-12443, CVE-2025-12444, CVE-2025-12445, CVE-2025-12446, CVE-2025-12447, CVE-2025-12725, CVE-2025-12726, CVE-2025-12727, CVE-2025-12728, CVE-2025-12729