What is CVE-2025-1290?

CVE-2025-1290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome_os, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-1290?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome_os

CVE-2025-1290

A race condition Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the virtio_transport_space_update function within the Kernel 5.4 on ChromeOS. Concurrent allocation and freeing of the virtio_vsock_sock structure during an AF_VSOCK connect syscall…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome_os — versions 15474.84.0
Google Chromeos — versions 15474.84.0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

7f6e188d-c52a-4a19-8674-3c3fa7d1fc7f (Exploit, Mailing List, Issue Tracking)
7f6e188d-c52a-4a19-8674-3c3fa7d1fc7f (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1290?: CVE-2025-1290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome_os, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-1290?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.