Vulnerability · Published Feb 22, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2021-21149

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 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Stack buffer overflow in Data Transfer in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21149
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21149
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21149
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20200401-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21149
Debian:12chromium88.0.4324.182-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21149
Debian:13chromium88.0.4324.182-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21149
Debian:14chromium88.0.4324.182-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21149

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 88.0.4324.182

References