CVE-2021-21208 Other in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can spoof domains via crafted QR codes in Chrome on iOS due to insufficient data validation, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2021-21208?

CVE-2021-21208 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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

Insufficient data validation in QR scanner in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed an attacker displaying a QR code to perform domain spoofing via a crafted QR code.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21208?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21208?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-21208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-LB76268, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21208, GHSA-h7gw-jv92-h37j, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21208.

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