CVE-2021-21199 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page in Google Chrome on Linux.
- 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-2021-21199?
CVE-2021-21199 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 Aura in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 89.0.4389.114 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21199?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-21199?
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-2021-21199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-WD91968, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21199, GHSA-7ghg-hpv2-5chp, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21199.