Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2021-21199

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 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Use after free in Aura in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 89.0.4389.114 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20chromium89.0.4389.114-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21199
Alpine:v3.21chromium89.0.4389.114-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21199
Alpine:v3.22chromium89.0.4389.114-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21199
Alpine:v3.23chromium89.0.4389.114-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21199
Alpine:v3.24chromium89.0.4389.114-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21199
Debian:12chromium89.0.4389.114-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21199
Debian:13chromium89.0.4389.114-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21199
Debian:14chromium89.0.4389.114-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21199

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 89.0.4389.114

References