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Fedora 43 : cef (2025-6e776254bf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279489

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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-2025-6e776254bf advisory.

 Update to cef-143.0.10+g8aed01b + chromium-143.0.7499.146 (rhbz#2423482)

 * High CVE-2025-14765: Use after free in WebGPU
 * High CVE-2025-14766: Out of bounds read and write in V8
 * High CVE-2025-13630: Type Confusion in V8
 * High CVE-2025-13631: Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater
 * High CVE-2025-13632: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools
 * High CVE-2025-13633: Use after free in Digital Credentials
 * Medium CVE-2025-13634: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
 * Medium CVE-2025-13720: Bad cast in Loader
 * Medium CVE-2025-13721: Race in v8
 * Low CVE-2025-13635: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
 * Low CVE-2025-13636: Inappropriate implementation in Split View
 * Low CVE-2025-13637: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
 * Low CVE-2025-13638: Use after free in Media Stream
 * Low CVE-2025-13639: Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC
 * Low CVE-2025-13640: Inappropriate implementation in Passwords



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-2025-6e776254bf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279489

File Name: fedora_2025-6e776254bf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2025

Updated: 12/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13630, CVE-2025-13631, CVE-2025-13632, CVE-2025-13633, CVE-2025-13634, CVE-2025-13635, CVE-2025-13636, CVE-2025-13637, CVE-2025-13638, CVE-2025-13639, CVE-2025-13640, CVE-2025-13720, CVE-2025-13721, CVE-2025-14765, CVE-2025-14766