google chrome CVE-2021-21166 vulnerability in Google and Other Products
Published on March 9, 2021

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Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Google Chrome Heap Buffer Overflow in WebAudio Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by November 17, 2021: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-21166 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?

The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

CVE-2021-21166 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.


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