CVE-2021-21166 — Google Chromium Race Condition Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2021-21166

CVE-2021-21166: Google Chromium Race Condition Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Google
Product	Chromium
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2021-11-17
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Google Chromium contains a race condition vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21166

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21166
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog