CVE-2021-21166 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 24% (pctl 98)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17.
Description
Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 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 | 24.03% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-362 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2021-11-17 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-03-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chromium Race Condition Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2021-11-17 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chromium |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| chrome |
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1177465
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4886
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1177465
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4886
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21166
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