CVE-2021-21117 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2021-21117?

CVE-2021-21117 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21117?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21117?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-21117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21117, GHSA-2j96-rgh6-6vhp, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21117.