CVE-2025-8879

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

Heap buffer overflow in libaom in Google Chrome prior to 139.0.7258.127 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a curated set of gestures. (Chromium security severity: High)

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 139.0.7258.127 — fixed in 139.0.7258.127

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 139.0.7258.127. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/432035817

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