CVE-2021-21169 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can potentially execute arbitrary code via out-of-bounds memory access in the V8 engine by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page.
- 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-2021-21169?
CVE-2021-21169 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Mar 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
Out of bounds memory access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21169?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-21169?
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-2021-21169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-JE46508, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21169, GHSA-62cx-wf9c-956h, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21169.