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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-4055

CVE-2021-4055

HIGH8.8

Heap buffer overflow in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 96

Published Dec 23, 2021

Modified 1 years ago

Fix available

Details

Heap buffer overflow in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected Packages

Google Chrome

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Fixed in:

96.0.4664.93

References

WEB

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

WEB

https://crbug.com/1266510

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/

ADVISORY

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4055

ADVISORY

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems(20)

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016 Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019 Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Timeline

PublishedDec 23, 2021

ModifiedAug 3, 2024

CVE-2021-4055 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence