CVE-2021-30609 Use after free in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

What is CVE-2021-30609?

CVE-2021-30609 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Sep 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

Chromium: CVE-2021-30609 Use after free in Sign-In

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30609?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Edge Chromium.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30609?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2021-30609 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-30609 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-KW29059, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30609, GHSA-r83j-cg9q-23f3, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30609.