VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2021-4102
Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 7.84%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 29 December 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- 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
- 7.84% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 15 December 2021 · due 29 December 2021
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4102
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1278387Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1278387Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.