CVE-2021-37973

high KEV

Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

Google Chromium Portals contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker, who has compromised the renderer process, to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability affects web browsers that utilize Chromium, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Google
Product: Chromium Portals
Due date: 2021-11-17

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`4.2.2406.52-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
sid	Fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
forky	Fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1`
bookworm	Fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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