Vulnerability record

CVE-2021-37975

Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Chromium V8, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Nov 17, 2021.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
ChromeGoogle< 94.0.4606.7194.0.4606.71NVD
Chromium V8Google——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2021-37975 scored CVSS 8.8: Google Chromium V8, Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Chromium V8 systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37975
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172847/Chrome-V8-Logic-Bug-Use-After-Free.html
  • chromereleases.googleblog.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1252918
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D63JZ3ROXCUHP…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FRFXUDH46PFVE…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNARCF5HEZK7G…
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-37975