CVE-2021-21190 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Google Chrome

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 9
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 89.0.4389.72
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 89.0.4389.72
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 89.0.4389.82-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 89.0.4389.82-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 32, 33, 34

Patches

Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-j2wr-q74f-qp3g: Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 89↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-21190: Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 89↗2021-03-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
Chromium CVE-2021-21190 : Uninitialized Use in PDFium↗2021-03-09
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-21188↗2021-03-02
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Debian
CVE-2021-21190: chromium - Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a re...↗2021
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