Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 131.0.6778.264 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-212c5c45ce advisory.

    Update to 131.0.6778.264

          * High CVE-2025-0291: Type Confusion in V8


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 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-52ea512fe5 advisory.

    Update to 131.0.6778.264

          * High CVE-2025-0291: Type Confusion in V8


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 Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5840 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5840-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                           Andres Salomon     January 09, 2025                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : chromium     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-0291

    Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result     in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information     disclosure.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 131.0.6778.264-1~deb12u1.

    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 131.0.6778.264. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_01_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Type Confusion in V8. (CVE-2025-0291)

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 131.0.6778.264. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2025_01_stable-channel-update-for-desktop advisory.

  - Type Confusion in V8. (CVE-2025-0291)

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	Severity
213714	Fedora 41 : chromium (2025-212c5c45ce)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
213712	Fedora 40 : chromium (2025-52ea512fe5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
213634	Debian dsa-5840 : chromium - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
213534	Google Chrome < 131.0.6778.264 Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	high
213533	Google Chrome < 131.0.6778.264 Vulnerability	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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