CVE-2021-37998 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 23
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker 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 — 95.0.4638.69
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 95.0.4638.69
▶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 34

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pj4m-2rg7-r9hh: Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 95↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-37998: Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 95↗2021-11-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-37997↗2021-10-28
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-37998 Use after free in Garbage Collection↗2021-10-12
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Debian
CVE-2021-37998: chromium - Use after free in Garbage Collection in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allo...↗2021
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