CVE-2021-21206 Google Chromium Blink Use-After-Free
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free flaw in the Blink rendering engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 3 Nov 2021
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-21206?
CVE-2021-21206 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 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 Blink in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.128 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21206?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-21206?
Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 17 Nov 2021.
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-2021-21206 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-21206 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21206, GHSA-g8g5-f7qq-6h9m, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21206.