CVE-2021-38001

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 23 Nov 2021, 21:30
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 01:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
30.05% HIGH
30% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Nov 2021, 21:30
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 01:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 30.05%• Percentile: 97%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-843•Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

    The product allocates or initializes a resource such as a pointer, object, or variable using one type, but it later accesses that resource using a type that is incompatible with the original type.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0 | 11.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    34

  • Unknown•Chrome

    < 95.0.4638.69 | ≥ unspecified, < 95.0.4638.69

References (4)