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CVE-2021-38001
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 26.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-843
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 34
- Google Chrome: before 95.0.4638.69 — fixed in 95.0.4638.69
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 95.0.4638.69. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html
- https://crbug.com/1260577
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html
- https://crbug.com/1260577
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
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