CVE-2021-21188 json
Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a craft…
published 2021-03-09 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-8579
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.6%
- EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Patch / fix
- Google Chrome 89.0.4389.72
- chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 89.0.4389.82-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-21188
- chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21188
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
- chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
- chromium Package Hub 15 SP2 89.0.4389.72-bp152.2.62.1
- chromium openSUSE Leap 15.2 89.0.4389.72-lp152.2.77.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0401-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0392-1
- chromium Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 89.0.4389.72-r0
- qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +7 more 5.15.3_git20200401-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-21188
Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- crbug.com/1161739 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2021-21188 updated cvss 4.3
chromium-browser: Use after free in Blink
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- crbug.com https://crbug.com/1161739 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Google Chrome
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-416 Use After Free
- Technology feeds
References
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crbug.com
/1161739
exploit, issue-tracking, patch, permissions-required, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2021/dsa-4886
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202104-08
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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chromereleases.googleblog.com
/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-21188
- NVD CVE-2021-21188
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