Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21221

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Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-21221

Published: April 15, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52250
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-2021-21221
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Mojo in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2021-21221

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 90.0.4430.72
chromium (Debian package) - update to 90.0.4430.85-1~deb10u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 90.0.818.39
chromium - addressed in versions 90.0.4430.93-1.el7, 90.0.4430.93-1.el8, 90.0.4430.93-1.fc32, 90.0.4430.93-1.fc33, 90.0.4430.93-1.fc34

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