CVE-2021-21220
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.128 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
Google Chromium V8 Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
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Remediation due: 2021-11-17
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162437/Google-Chrome-XOR-Typer-Out-Of-Bounds-Access-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176210/Chrome-V8-JIT-XOR-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1196683
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21220
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