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CVE-2021-37973

Use after free in Portals in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.61 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to poten

Affects Google Chrome releases before 94.0.4606.61, which contains the fix. CVSS rates it critical at 9.6.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Actively exploited
Fix
Fixed in 94.0.4606.61
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Google Chrome web browser is affected by this vulnerability, which involves a memory-handling flaw in its Portals feature. An attacker who had already compromised the browser's renderer process could potentially escape the browser's sandbox protections by using a specially crafted web page.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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Use after free in Portals in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.61 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    From unspecified · fixed in 94.0.4606.61

References 5

crbug.com

chromereleases.googleblog.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

debian.org

FAQ

Questions about CVE-2021-37973

What should I do about it?

Update Google Chrome to 94.0.4606.61. The advisory says to update to this version.Source: lists.fedoraproject.org

Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cisa.gov, cve.now feed data