CVE-2021-37991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2021-11-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 95.0.4638.54

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5046-1	chromium security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24464	Race in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0076.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
https://crbug.com/1250660
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2021-11-02T21:05:46.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:30:08.985Z

Reserved: 2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37991

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-02T22:15:08.707

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:01:22.150

Link: CVE-2021-37991

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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