CVE-2025-13223: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 19 Nov 2025, 2 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 4.9%
EPSS score, percentile 92.1 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.8 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 10 Dec 2025. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- before 142.0.7444.175
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: 10 December 2025.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13223
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 142.0.7444.175 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows for heap corruption.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2025-13223 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 19 Nov 2025.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 10 Dec 2025.
- The CVE record was published on 17 Nov 2025, 2 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.9% (percentile 92.1), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.175 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2025 | CVE record published |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 10 Dec 2025 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 21 Sep 2026 | CVE record last updated |
References
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