Vulnerability · Published Feb 9, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2021-21140
Medium 6.8
In plain English
A medium-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 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 44.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Uninitialized use in USB in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via via a USB device.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20200401-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20200401-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20200401-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qt5-qtwebengine | 5.15.3_git20200401-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21140 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21140 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1136327 x_refsource_MISC
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21140 x_refsource_MISC