Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-38013

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-38013

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58163
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38013
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in fingerprint recognition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2021-38013

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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