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CVE-2021-21201
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Use after free in permissions in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 32, 33, 34
- Google Chrome: before 90.0.4430.72 — fixed in 90.0.4430.72
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 90.0.4430.72. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
- https://crbug.com/1025683
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
- https://crbug.com/1025683
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
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