CVE-2021-38008 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free8 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateFeb 8

Description

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.45 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 — 96.0.4664.45
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 96.0.4664.45
▶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-f43q-g5gg-p826: Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 96↗2022-02-08
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OSV
CVE-2021-38008: Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 96↗2021-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-38008↗2021-11-15
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-38008 Use after free in media↗2021-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2021-38008: chromium - Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote ...↗2021
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Use-after-free in Google Chrome could lead to code execution↗2022-02-07
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Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Use-after-free in Google Chrome could lead to code execution↗2022-02-07
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