CVE-2021-30516 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's History component via a crafted HTML page to potentially execute 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-2021-30516?
CVE-2021-30516 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
Heap buffer overflow in History in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.212 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30516?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-30516?
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-2021-30516 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30516 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30516, GHSA-3657-fjf8-53fm, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30516.