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CVE-2021-4102: Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-12-15
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 96.0.4664.110 — fixed in 96.0.4664.110

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 96.0.4664.110. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/1278387
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/1278387
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102

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