Chrome < 142.0.7444.59: Autofill memory leak via crafted HTML (CVE-2025-12440)
CVE-2025-12440 Published on November 10, 2025
Inappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-12440 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Classic Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?
The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. A buffer overflow condition exists when a program attempts to put more data in a buffer than it can hold, or when a program attempts to put data in a memory area outside of the boundaries of a buffer. The simplest type of error, and the most common cause of buffer overflows, is the "classic" case in which the program copies the buffer without restricting how much is copied. Other variants exist, but the existence of a classic overflow strongly suggests that the programmer is not considering even the most basic of security protections.
CVE-2025-12440 has been classified to as a Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-12440
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 142.0.7444.59 and below 142.0.7444.59 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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