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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2021-37996 json

Insufficient validation of untrusted input Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation…

published 2021-11-02 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24469

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Insufficient validation of untrusted input Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a malicious file.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 95.0.4638.54
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 97.0.4692.71-0.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37996

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 95.0.4638.69-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37996

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 95.0.4638.54-1.1
  • nodejs-electron openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.6.1-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree 85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
  • nodejs-electron Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 16.0.9-bp153.2.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree 81.0.4196.31-lp153.2.30.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.2 NonFree 81.0.4196.31-lp152.2.76.1
  • chromium openSUSE Leap 15.2 95.0.4638.54-lp152.2.135.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11598-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11606-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0070-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1489-1

  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.14 5.15.3_git20211112-r1
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +6 more 5.15.3_git20211127-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-37996

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 95.0.4638.54-1
  • vivaldi Arch Linux 5.0.2497.24-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2474AVG-2475

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-2021-37996 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads

  • 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

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.