CVE-2021-38000
MEDIUMCISA KEVEPSS 90th pctlDescription
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
High risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.
Google Chromium Intents Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Google Chromium Intents contains an improper input validation vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL 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.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Remediation due: 2021-11-17
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html
- https://crbug.com/1249962
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000
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