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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-21156

Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted script.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.70%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.182 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted script.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.70% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
google/chrome · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.70%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.