Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Google Chromium - CVE-2021-4100

Vulnerability identifier: #VU58843

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4100

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper control of object lifetime in ANGLE in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the system.

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

Update to version 96.0.4664.110.

Google Chromium - update to 96.0.4664.110
Google Chrome - update to 96.0.4664.110
Microsoft Edge - update to 96.0.1054.57
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

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/1272068
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-4100

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
• Debian update for chromium
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• 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