Risk | Critical |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-21148 |
CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. |
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Google Chrome Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers |
Vendor |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one critical risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50372
Risk: Critical
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21148
CWE-ID:
Exploit availability:
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the V8 engine in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
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Vulnerable software versionsGoogle Chrome: 86.0.4240.111 - 88.0.4324.146
Fixed software versionsCPE2.3 External links
http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html
http://crbug.com/1170176
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