CVE-2021-21194 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free in Chrome's screen sharing feature.

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-2021-21194?

CVE-2021-21194 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Apr 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

Use after free in screen sharing in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21194?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21194?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2021-21194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-ZF25345, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21194, GHSA-2qv4-c5gv-5f74, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21194.

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