CVE-2021-37965 Information disclosure in Chrome
A remote attacker can leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page due to an inappropriate implementation in the Background Fetch API.
- 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-2021-37965?
CVE-2021-37965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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
Inappropriate implementation in Background Fetch API in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37965?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-37965?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2021-37965 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37965 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37965, GHSA-jqxf-h2cg-895q, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37965.