CVE-2021-30511 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker can perform an out-of-bounds memory read in Chrome by convincing a user to install a malicious extension and visit a crafted page.
- 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-2021-30511?
CVE-2021-30511 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 read in Tab Groups 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 read via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30511?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-30511?
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-2021-30511 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30511 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30511, GHSA-55mp-3vgh-jqm9, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30511.