5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-21218
Google Chrome PDFium Uninitialized Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF file.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-21218 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-2021-21218 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 1 month ago
54 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-21218 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21218 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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. 01, 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]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 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:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1166478 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/1166478 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-908
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 90.0.4430.72
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-2021-21218 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-2021-21218 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.16 }} 0.01%

score

0.52695

percentile

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