CVE-2021-30545 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can exploit heap corruption in Chrome Extensions via a crafted HTML page, 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-2021-30545?

CVE-2021-30545 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 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

Use after free in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.101 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30545?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30545?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2021-30545 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30545 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-TO15708, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30545, GHSA-q33p-c64w-m225, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30545.

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