CVE-2021-30509 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker can perform an out-of-bounds memory write in Google Chrome via a malicious extension and crafted HTML page, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2021-30509?
CVE-2021-30509 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 4 Jun 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 write in Tab Strip in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page and a crafted Chrome extension.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30509?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-30509?
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-2021-30509 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30509 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30509, GHSA-v6rx-85h6-26mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30509.