CVE-2025-12428
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.02% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS moved from 8.0% on 25 October 2026 to 8.0% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.chromium.org/issues/447613211Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.