CVE-2021-21148 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 20% (pctl 97)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.150 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 19.97% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2021-11-17 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-02-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chromium V8 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2021-11-17 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chromium V8 |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| chrome |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162579/Chrome-Array-Transfer-Bypass.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html
- https://crbug.com/1170176
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ACWYJ74Z3YN2XH4QMUEGNBC3VXX464L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AUQSMNV7INLDDSD3RKI5S5EAULX2QC7P/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4858
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162579/Chrome-Array-Transfer-Bypass.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.html
- https://crbug.com/1170176
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ACWYJ74Z3YN2XH4QMUEGNBC3VXX464L/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AUQSMNV7INLDDSD3RKI5S5EAULX2QC7P/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4858
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21148
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