Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21169

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Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21169

Published: March 2, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21169
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Google Chrome
Software vendor:
Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to crash the browser.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the browser.


Remediation

Update to version 89.0.4389.72.

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