CVE-2021-21148(debian / chrome)

LOWCVSS 8.8 · HIGHCISA KEV

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.150 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2021-11-17. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • chrome
  • debian_linux
  • fedora

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
chromedebian_linuxfedora

3 versions affected across 3 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-13: 110-13
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Mattias Buelens@MattiasBuelens

    This write-up is 5+ years overdue... How I found a security bug (CVE-2021-21148) by poking at Chrome's brand-new readable byte streams in 2021, and accidentally became a security researcher. 😅 https://mattias.buelens.com/post/accidental-security-researcher

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CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
OSdebiandebian_linux10.0--
OSfedoraprojectfedora32--
OSfedoraprojectfedora33--
Appgooglechrome---

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