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

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-4102 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in Google Chromium V8. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 15-12-2021. EPSS estimates a 7.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-12-2021
   Added to CISA KEVGoogle Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability
2. 29-12-2021
   CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
3. 11-02-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
4. 21-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.