high 8.8

CVE-2021-30591 json

Use after free in File System API in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.131 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption…

published 2021-08-26 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-17511

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.5%; EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 0; none known

Use after free in File System API in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.131 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 5 links 1

Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131

debian ubuntu opensuse alpine arch linux

chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 93.0.4577.82-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30591

chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 92.0.4515.159-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30591

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
opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree 85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
opera openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree, openSUSE Leap 15.2 NonFree 78.0.4093.147-lp153.2.12.1
chromium Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 92.0.4515.131-bp153.2.19.1
chromium openSUSE Leap 15.2 92.0.4515.131-lp152.2.116.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1209-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1144-1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1131-1

chromium Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 92.0.4515.159-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-30591

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

chromium Arch Linux 92.0.4515.131-1
vivaldi Arch Linux 4.1.2369.15-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2246 AVG-2247

crbug.com/1229298 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-2021-30591 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Use after free in File System API

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not 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

2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

crbug.com https://crbug.com/1229298 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

CWE-416 Use After Free

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

crbug.com /1229298
exploit, issue-tracking, patch, permissions-required, vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LVY4WIWTVVYKQMROJJS365TZBKEARCF/
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QW4R2K5HVJ4R6XDZYOJCCFPIN2XHNS3L/
vendor-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJPUSAWIJMQFBQQQYXAICLI4EKFQOH6/
vendor-advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com /2021/08/the-stable-channel-has-been-updated-to.html
release-notes, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-30591
NVD CVE-2021-30591

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Summary