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CVE-2021-21161
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2021-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-787
Description
Heap buffer overflow in TabStrip in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33, 34
- Google Chrome: before 89.0.4389.72 — fixed in 89.0.4389.72
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 89.0.4389.72. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1173702
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4886
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1173702
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/
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