---
id: "CVE-2025-13223"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-13223"]
title: "Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.175 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap\u2026"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.8
epss: null
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: [{"name": "Google Chromium V8", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "google chrome", "fixed": ["142.0.7444.175"], "affected": "< 142.0.7444.175", "ecosystem": "vendor"}, {"name": "siemens cadra", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["browser", "chrome", "chromium", "electron", "exploited", "runtime"]
not_affected_if: ["fully-patched-browser"]
published_at: "2025-11-17T23:15:45+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-13223", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13223", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00"}]
---

# Type Confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.175 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap…

Google Chromium's V8 JavaScript engine has a type confusion bug that lets crafted JavaScript corrupt heap memory. An attacker who gets a user to load a malicious page can potentially run code inside the browser renderer.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Google Chromium V8 affected ? fixed ?
- vendor:google chrome affected < 142.0.7444.175 fixed 142.0.7444.175
- vendor:siemens cadra affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Open chrome://version in Chrome or Edge and compare the version with the fixed release in Google's Chrome security notes.

## Fix

Update Chrome, Edge, or other Chromium-based browsers to the latest stable release that includes the vendor fix.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2025-13223
- 2026-10-23T23:44:51+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13223

## From the sources

Google Chromium V8 contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows for heap corruption.

CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

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