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CVE-2021-21148

CVE-2021-21148HIGH

Google Chromium V8

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .1997   97.4   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions       Fixed
  Chrome   unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Dec 21  Reserved by Chrome
  Feb 9   Published (CNA: Chrome)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17

CWE-787 · CNA: Chrome · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · KEV due November 17, 2021

Description

Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.150 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 21, 2020	Reserved	Reserved by Chrome
February 9, 2021	Published	Published (CNA: Chrome)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Google	Chrome	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (8)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162579/Chrome-Array-Transfer-Bypass.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://crbug.com/1170176 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ACWYJ74Z3YN2XH4QMUEGNBC3VXX464L/ [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AUQSMNV7INLDDSD3RKI5S5EAULX2QC7P/ [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21148 [government-resource]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4858 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN]

Authoritative record: CVE-2021-21148 at cve.org

Vendors: google

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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