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CVE-2021-21202

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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 extensions in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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/1188889
• 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/1188889
• 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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