Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.8
HIGH
CVE-2021-21206
Google Chromium Use-After-Free Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.128 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

INFO

Published Date :

April 26, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 25, 2024, 5:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

Google Chromium Blink contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-21206 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-21206 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Google chrome

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Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-21206 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21206 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1196781 Third Party Advisory https://crbug.com/1196781 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ Release Notes
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Feb. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Vulnerability Name Google Chromium Use-After-Free Vulnerability Google Chromium Blink Use-After-Free Vulnerability
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1196781 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/1196781 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 89.0.4389.128
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-21206 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-21206 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.99 }} -0.56%

score

0.92242

percentile

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