Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-4054
Published: December 6, 2021 / Updated: December 10, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58536
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4054
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in autofill in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.
Affected software
Google Chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/google-chrome
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
How to mitigate CVE-2021-4054
Update to version 96.0.4664.93.
Google Chromium - update to 96.0.4664.93
Google Chrome - update to 96.0.4664.93
Microsoft Edge - update to 96.0.1054.53
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
www-client/google-chrome - update to 101.0.1210.47
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53
Google Chrome - update to 96.0.4664.93
Microsoft Edge - update to 96.0.1054.53
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
www-client/google-chrome - update to 101.0.1210.47
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/chromium - update to 103.0.5060.53
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
- Arch Linux update for chromium
- Arch Linux update for vivaldi
- Debian update for chromium
- Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine
- Fedora 34 update for chromium
- Fedora 35 update for chromium
- Fedora EPEL 8 update for chromium
- Fedora 35 update for chromium
- Fedora 34 update for chromium