CVE-2021-37985 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption via crafted HTML pages if users allow debugger connections, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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-2021-37985?
CVE-2021-37985 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Nov 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
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker who had convinced a user to allow for connection to debugger to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37985?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2021-37985?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2021-37985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37985, GHSA-wwmp-j24j-c23h, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37985.