CVE-2021-30567 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit heap corruption in Chrome DevTools via user interaction, 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-2021-30567?

CVE-2021-30567 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Aug 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 DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to open DevTools to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user gesture.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30567?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30567?

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-2021-30567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-DZ24887, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30567, GHSA-p5wc-jq36-626m, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30567.

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