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CVE-2021-37975: Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 34.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 33, 34, 35
• Google Chrome: before 94.0.4606.71 — fixed in 94.0.4606.71

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 94.0.4606.71. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172847/Chrome-V8-Logic-Bug-Use-After-Free.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
• https://crbug.com/1252918
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D63JZ3ROXCUHP4CFWDHCPZNTGET7T34R/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRFXUDH46PFVE75VQVWY6PYY5DK3S2XT/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNARCF5HEZK7GJXZRN5TQ45AQDCRM2WO/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172847/Chrome-V8-Logic-Bug-Use-After-Free.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
• https://crbug.com/1252918
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D63JZ3ROXCUHP4CFWDHCPZNTGET7T34R/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRFXUDH46PFVE75VQVWY6PYY5DK3S2XT/

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