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CVE-2021-30633

Google Chromium Indexed DB API Use-After-Free Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.6EPSS 32.7%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 November 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Use after free in Indexed DB API in Google Chrome prior to 93.0.4577.82 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS 3.1
9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
32.66% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 17 November 2021
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
google/chrome · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30633

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.