google chrome CVE-2021-30560 vulnerability in Google and Other Products
Published on August 3, 2021

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Use after free in Blink XSLT in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2021-30560 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2021-30560 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2021-30560

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Google Chrome
 
Xmlsoft Libxslt
 
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
 
Debian Linux
 
Splunk Universal Forwarder
 

Affected Versions

Google Chrome:

Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2021-30560

Package Manager Vulnerable Package Versions Fixed In
rubygems nokogiri < 1.13.2 1.13.2

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.08%
Percentile
24.34%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.