CVE-2025-8882
Published: 13 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8882 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Google Chrome. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked in the top 26.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-8882, published on 2025-08-13, is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in the Aura component of Google Chrome prior to version 139.0.7258.127. The flaw enables potential heap corruption when a user interacts with a crafted HTML page, carrying a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and rated as Medium severity by Chromium security.
A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by convincing a targeted user to engage in specific UI gestures on a malicious webpage. Exploitation could lead to heap corruption, with high potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as arbitrary code execution within the browser's renderer process.
Google's stable channel update for desktop, detailed at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html, and the Chromium issue tracker at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/435623339 confirm that Chrome 139.0.7258.127 patches this issue. Security practitioners should prioritize updating affected Chrome installations to this version or later to mitigate exploitation risks.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24534
Vulnerability details
Use after free in Aura in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.127 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Use-after-free in Chrome renderer enables RCE via malicious webpage requiring user interaction/gestures, directly mapping to drive-by compromise and client-side exploitation techniques.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires organizations to identify, report, and patch flaws like this use-after-free vulnerability in Chrome's Aura component via timely vendor updates.
Implements memory protection mechanisms such as ASLR and DEP that directly mitigate exploitation of use-after-free heap corruption triggered by crafted HTML.
Enforces process isolation in browser renderer processes to contain potential heap corruption impacts from UI gesture-triggered exploits within Chrome.