CVE-2021-30578 Memory corruption in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can cause out-of-bounds memory access and potential code execution via a crafted HTML page in Google Chrome.

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-2021-30578?

CVE-2021-30578 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

Uninitialized use in Media in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-908

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30578?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30578?

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-2021-30578 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30578 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-OL18773, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30578, GHSA-4xgg-f2g4-h7j8, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30578.

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