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 can occur before a worker thread accesses it resulting in a dangling pointer and potential kernel code execution.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome OS — versions 15474.84.0
- Google Chromeos — versions 15474.84.0
- Linux Kernel — versions 5.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
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.