CVE-2021-38003

Google Chromium V8 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Una implementación inapropiada de V8 en Google Chrome versiones anteriores a 95.0.4638.69, permitía a un atacante remoto explotar potencialmente la corrupción de la pila por medio de una página HTML diseñada

Google Chromium V8 Engine has a bug in JSON.stringify, where the internal TheHole value can leak to script code, causing memory corruption. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-03 CVE Reserved
2021-11-03 Exploited in Wild
2021-11-17 KEV Due Date
2021-11-23 CVE Published
2023-01-07 First Exploit
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-09-03 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/SpiralBL0CK/Chrome-V8-RCE-CVE-2021-38003	2023-01-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 95.0.4638.69 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 95.0.4638.69"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected