CVE-2021-37976mediumunder attackCWE-862

CVE-2021-37976: medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome

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48Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Attendcvss 6.5epss 20%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDOct 8
CISA KEV+26d
What the vendors declare (VEX)

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Not affected
1 product — because the vulnerable code is not present in the product
red_hat_products
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2021-11-17

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

In short

A flaw in Google Chrome's memory handling allowed attackers to access sensitive information from the browser's memory by crafting a malicious HTML page. This could expose passwords, tokens, or other private data.

Technical detail

CWE-862 (Improper Authorization/Missing Authorization). Remote attacker exploits improper memory access controls in Chrome's memory management subsystem via crafted HTML. Requires user to visit malicious page; impacts confidentiality of process memory contents. Fixed in Chrome 94.0.4606.71.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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Inappropriate implementation in Memory in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.71 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Google · Chrome