high8.8Known exploited
CVE-2021-21224
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2021-11-17.
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Impact
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.85 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | before 90.0.4430.85 | |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 32, 33, 34 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://crbug.com/1195777
- 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.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://crbug.com/1195777
- 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.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21224