Vulnerability · Published Dec 23, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome

CVE-2021-4058

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 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 26.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20211127-r1ALPINE-CVE-2021-4058
Alpine:v3.21qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20211127-r1ALPINE-CVE-2021-4058
Alpine:v3.22qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20211127-r1ALPINE-CVE-2021-4058
Alpine:v3.23qt5-qtwebengine5.15.3_git20211127-r1ALPINE-CVE-2021-4058
Debian:12chromium97.0.4692.71-0.1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4058
Debian:13chromium97.0.4692.71-0.1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4058
Debian:14chromium97.0.4692.71-0.1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4058

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Google Chrome unspecified – before 96.0.4664.93

References