CVE-2021-30578 Memory corruption in Chrome
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-OL18773, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30578, GHSA-4xgg-f2g4-h7j8, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30578.