Critical severity · published Feb 22, 2021
CVE-2021-21150
Use after free in Downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox…
9.6
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use after free in Downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process 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)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 88.0.4324.182 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21150
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21150
Release Notes
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
Exploit
https://crbug.com/1172192
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI6ZIJQYP5DFMYVX4J5OGOU2NQLEZ3SB/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
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