CVE-2025-6554 is a type confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine that allows arbitrary read/write via crafted HTML pages. While actively exploited and on CISA KEV, it requires user interaction and affects client-side browser software, not internet-facing server applications.
Data Source: CIRCL
Confidence: HIGH
Exploitation Method: USER_INTERACTION
CVE Published: 2025-06-30
Added to CISA KEV: 2025-07-02 2 DAYS BETWEEN CVE AND KEV
A high-severity zero-day vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-6554 was discovered in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine.
CVE-2025-6554 is a critical V8 Zero-Day vulnerability actively exploited in Chrome v138 and earlier, allowing remote code execution via ...
CISA has added CVE-2025-6554 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
This allows an attacker to potentially manipulate memory contents. The exploitation vector involves the processing of malicious HTML content.
Description. Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.96 allowed a remote attacker to perform arbitrary read/write via a crafted HTML page.