CVE-2021-21143 (GCVE-0-2021-21143)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-09 14:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Heap buffer overflow in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.146 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Heap buffer overflow
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/sta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://crbug.com/1163504 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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