ChromeWeb browser · Google
CVE-2025-12440
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInappropriate implementation in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 142.0.7444.59 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceInappropriate implementation in Chrome's Autofill feature prior to version 142.0.7444.59 allows a remote attacker who tricks a user into performing specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page to potentially read sensitive information from the browser's process memory.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
ChromeWeb browser
< 142.0.7444.59CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Chrome versionNavigate to chrome://settings/help or click Help > About Google Chrome to view the installed version numberAffected if The installed version is less than 142.0.7444.59
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Verify Autofill is enabledGo to chrome://settings/autofill or Settings > Autofill and passwords to confirm the Autofill feature is turned onAffected if Autofill is enabled and the Chrome version is below 142.0.7444.59
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Confirm browser profile in useCheck if the user profile has saved passwords, payment methods, or address form data that Autofill can accessAffected if Autofill has access to sensitive saved data and the Chrome version is below 142.0.7444.59
A user is affected if their Chrome version is below 142.0.7444.59 and the Autofill feature is enabled with saved personal data.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped142.0.7444.59
Update Google Chrome to version 142.0.7444.59 or later to address the Autofill vulnerability.
Chrome 142.0.7444.59 or later
- Open Google Chrome
- Navigate to Chrome Menu > Help > About Google Chrome
- Verify the current version number
- If the version is below 142.0.7444.59, Chrome will automatically check for updates
- Click 'Update Google Chrome' if an update is available
- Restart Chrome to complete the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-12440 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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