CVE-2021-37979 — Out-of-bounds Write in Google Chrome

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write8 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateMay 24

Description

heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to browse to a malicious website to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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 — 94.0.4606.81
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 94.0.4606.81
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 97.0.4692.71-0.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 33

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8p6v-p87j-8p3f: heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 94↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-37979: heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 94↗2021-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-37979 Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC↗2021-10-12
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-37977↗2021-10-07
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Debian
CVE-2021-37979: chromium - heap buffer overflow in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a ...↗2021
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Heap buffer overflow condition in Google Chrome could lead to code execution↗2022-01-11
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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Heap buffer overflow condition in Google Chrome could lead to code execution↗2022-01-11
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