CVE-2021-21144 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

Heap buffer overflow in Chrome Tab Groups allows attackers to exploit heap corruption via malicious extensions, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-21144?

CVE-2021-21144 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap buffer overflow in Tab Groups in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.146 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21144?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21144?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-21144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21144, GHSA-7p97-3339-fvgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21144.

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