CVE-2021-38013 — Out-of-bounds Write in Google Chrome

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.6CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateDec 24

Description

Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised a WebUI renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 6.0

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

Patches

Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w94x-w892-3pg7: Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 96↗2021-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-38013: Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 96↗2021-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-38011↗2021-11-15
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-38013 Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition↗2021-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2021-38013: chromium - Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS pri...↗2021
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