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CVE-2021-30551 kev in the critical feed json

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.101 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-17472

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2021-11-03
epss
64.7%
EPSS 64.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.101 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 91.0.4472.101
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 93.0.4577.82-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-30551

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 91.0.4472.101-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-30551

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.4 NonFree 85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.2 NonFree 77.0.4054.146-lp152.2.52.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.3 NonFree 77.0.4054.146-lp153.2.6.1
  • chromium Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 91.0.4472.114-bp153.2.13.1
  • chromium openSUSE Leap 15.2 91.0.4472.101-lp152.2.104.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0949-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0948-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0938-1

  • chromium Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 91.0.4472.101-r0
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.14 5.15.3_git20211006-r0
  • qt5-qtwebengine Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +6 more 5.15.3_git20210510-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-30551

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium Arch Linux 91.0.4472.101-1
  • vivaldi Arch Linux 4.0.2312.25-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2057AVG-2058

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2021-30551 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Found exploited as a 0-day (Project Zero)
  2. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  3. Published
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. CISA patch deadline
  6. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
5y ago
Patch by
2021-11-17 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium V8
CISA name
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Found
2021-06-03
Patched
2021-06-09
Details
project zero root cause analysis

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

64.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1216437 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
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References

Sources

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