Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-38011

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Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-38011

Published: November 15, 2021 / Updated: November 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58161
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-2021-38011
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 storage foundation 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
vivaldi
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-38011

Update to version 96.0.4664.45.

Google Chromium - update to 96.0.4664.45
Google Chrome - update to 96.0.4664.45
Microsoft Edge - update to 96.0.1054.29
vivaldi - update to 5.0.2497.24-1
chromium - addressed in versions 96.0.4664.110-2.el8, 96.0.4664.110-2.fc34, 96.0.4664.110-2.fc35, 96.0.4664.110-3.fc34, 96.0.4664.110-3.fc35
chromium (Debian package) - update to 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1

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