CVE-2021-4052

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4052
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-23 01:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionUse after free in web apps in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1267661 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail MISC crbug.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5046-1 chromium DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: chromium-96.0.4664.110-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: chromium-96.0.4664.110-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-25) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop MISC chromereleases.googleblog.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179000 Debian Security Update for chromium (DSA 5046-1)
  • 183091 Debian Security Update for chromium (CVE-2021-4052)
  • 282220 Fedora Security Update for chromium (FEDORA-2021-6a292e2cf4)
  • 282308 Fedora Security Update for chromium (FEDORA-2021-22594d9eb0)
  • 376140 Google Chrome Prior to 96.0.4664.93 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 376158 Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Prior to 96.0.1054.53 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 690734 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for chromium (18ac074c-579f-11ec-aac7-3065ec8fd3ec)
  • 710602 Gentoo Linux Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-25)
  • 751564 OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2021:1632-1)
  • 751739 OpenSUSE Security Update for opera (openSUSE-SU-2022:0047-1)
  • 751978 OpenSUSE Security Update for opera (openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1)
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