CVE-2021-21220 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 70.4% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2021-11-17.
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.128 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 | 70.44% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2021-11-17 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-04-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chromium V8 Improper Input Validation Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2021-11-17 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chromium V8 |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| chrome |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162437/Google-Chrome-XOR-Typer-Out-Of-Bounds-Access-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176210/Chrome-V8-JIT-XOR-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1196683
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162437/Google-Chrome-XOR-Typer-Out-Of-Bounds-Access-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176210/Chrome-V8-JIT-XOR-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1196683
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21220
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