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CVE-2021-38000

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to arbitra

Affects Google Chrome on Android before 95.0.4638.69. CVSS scores it 6.1 (medium); no vendor rating is given. Fixed in 96.0.4664.110.

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Actively exploited
Fix
Fixed in 95.0.4638.69
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Google Chrome on Android is affected by this vulnerability, which lets a remote attacker redirect the browser to a malicious URL through a specially crafted HTML page. This could allow the attacker to send users to harmful sites without their knowledge.

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

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Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL via a crafted HTML page.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  2. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  3. CVE published
  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    From unspecified · fixed in 95.0.4638.69

References 4

chromereleases.googleblog.com

crbug.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

debian.org

FAQ

Questions about CVE-2021-38000

What should I do about it?

Update Google Chrome on Android to 96.0.4664.110 or later, the version the fix is listed under.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