CVE-2021-30513 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to type confusion in V8, potentially executing arbitrary code.

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-2021-30513?

CVE-2021-30513 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

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30513?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30513?

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-2021-30513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30513, GHSA-xg83-g9fg-rfhv, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30513.

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