CVE-2021-21148
mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.200 · 97 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2021-11-17
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Google Chromium V8 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.150 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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ATT&CK techniques
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- Grayhaxor/CVE-2021-21148Grayhaxor/CVE-2021-21148PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (18)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (27)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_4.htmlcnnvd
- https://crbug.com/1170176cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ACWYJ74Z3YN2XH4QMUEGNBC3VXX464L/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AUQSMNV7INLDDSD3RKI5S5EAULX2QC7P/cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162417/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202104-08.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162579/Chrome-Array-Transfer-Bypass.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Chrome-buffer-overflow-via-V8-34494cnnvd
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