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CVE-2021-30598

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-843

Description

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.159 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 33, 34, 35
• Google Chrome: before 92.0.4515.159 — fixed in 92.0.4515.159

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 92.0.4515.159. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1234764
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LVY4WIWTVVYKQMROJJS365TZBKEARCF/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJPUSAWIJMQFBQQQYXAICLI4EKFQOH6/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QW4R2K5HVJ4R6XDZYOJCCFPIN2XHNS3L/
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1234764
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LVY4WIWTVVYKQMROJJS365TZBKEARCF/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJPUSAWIJMQFBQQQYXAICLI4EKFQOH6/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QW4R2K5HVJ4R6XDZYOJCCFPIN2XHNS3L/

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