Vulnerability · Published Mar 9, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2021-21165

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20chromium89.0.4389.72-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.21chromium89.0.4389.72-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.22chromium89.0.4389.72-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.23chromium89.0.4389.72-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.24chromium89.0.4389.72-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21165
Debian:12chromium89.0.4389.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21165
Debian:13chromium89.0.4389.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21165
Debian:14chromium89.0.4389.82-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21165

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 89.0.4389.72

References