CVE-2021-37973 — Google Chromium Portals Use-After-Free Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2021-37973

CVE-2021-37973: Google Chromium Portals Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


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

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37973

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37973
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog