CVE-2021-38000mediumunder attackCWE-20CWE-601

CVE-2021-38000: medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome

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43Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA.

ssvc Attendcvss 6.1epss 4.9%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDNov 23
CISA KEVNov 3
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

Google Chrome on Android didn't properly check URLs passed through Intents, allowing attackers to trick users into visiting malicious websites by creating a specially crafted HTML page.

Technical detail

Insufficient input validation in Chrome's Intent handler on Android allowed remote attackers to perform open redirect attacks, redirecting users to arbitrary malicious URLs via crafted HTML content. Exploitation requires user interaction with the malicious page and affects versions prior to 95.0.4638.69.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

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Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Google · Chrome