CVE-2021-30632 Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write

Exploited in the wild High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in Google Chrome's V8 engine via a crafted HTML page to potentially execute arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild
Since 3 Nov 2021
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-30632?

CVE-2021-30632 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 8 Oct 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

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 93.0.4577.82 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-30632?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-30632?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 17 Nov 2021.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-30632 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-30632 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Public exploit code: 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-BI69034, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30632, GHSA-38c8-mw66-j237, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30632.

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