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Google Chrome Security Update (stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26-2025-08) - Linux

🗓️ 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Chrome update for Linux fixes a use after free vulnerability (CVE-2025-9478) by upgrading to 139.0.7258.154 or later.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:google:chrome";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.836624");
  script_version("2025-08-29T05:38:41+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-9478");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-29 05:38:41 +0000 (Fri, 29 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-08-27 17:58:01 +0530 (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)");
  script_name("Google Chrome Security Update (stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26-2025-08) - Linux");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to an use after free
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
  to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.");

  script_tag(name: "affected" , value:"Google Chrome prior to version
  139.0.7258.154 on Linux");

  script_tag(name: "solution", value:"Update to version 139.0.7258.154 or
  later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Google-Chrome/Linux/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"139.0.7258.154")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"139.0.7258.154", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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29 Aug 2025 00:00Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.06253
SSVC
7