CVE-2021-21224: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 84.2%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Google: Chrome
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html (opens in new tab)
- crbug.com/1195777 (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ4… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZB… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)