CVE-2021-38003 Google Chromium V8 Memory Corruption

What is CVE-2021-38003?

CVE-2021-38003 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 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

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38003?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38003?

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-2021-38003 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-38003 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38003, GHSA-4xx3-xg55-3wr5, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38003.