Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21124

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21124

Published: January 19, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU49730
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21124
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Speech Recognizer component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2021-21124

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 88.0.4324.96
chromium (Debian package) - update to 88.0.4324.146-1~deb10u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 88.0.705.50
chromium - addressed in versions 88.0.4324.96-1.el7, 88.0.4324.96-1.el8, 88.0.4324.96-1.fc32, 88.0.4324.96-1.fc33, 88.0.4324.150-1.el7, 88.0.4324.150-1.el8

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