Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-30591

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-30591

Published: August 2, 2021 / Updated: August 5, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55491
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-2021-30591
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 File System API 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 Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30591

Update to version 92.0.4515.131.

Google Chromium - update to 92.0.4515.131
Google Chrome - update to 92.0.4515.131
Microsoft Edge - update to 92.0.902.67
chromium - addressed in versions 93.0.4577.63-1.el8, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc33, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc34, 93.0.4577.63-1.fc35

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