Critical severity · published Feb 9, 2021
CVE-2021-21124
Potential user after free in Speech Recognizer in Google Chrome on Android prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted…
9.6
CVSS
7.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Potential user after free in Speech Recognizer in Google Chrome on Android prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.9% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 88.0.4324.96 · source: NVD
EC
Edge Chromium · Microsoft
before 88.0.705.50 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21124
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21124
Release Notes
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
Permissions Required
https://crbug.com/1131346
Third Party Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21124
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