CVE-2021-37973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Google	Chrome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*

Configuration 3 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
https://crbug.com/1251727
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DDW7HAHTS3SDVXBQUY4SURELO5D4X7R/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PM7MOYYHJSWLIFZ4TPJTD7MSA3HSSLV2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2021-10-08T21:40:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T15:09:27.297Z

Reserved: 2021-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-37973

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:30:09.183Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-08T22:15:08.287

Modified: 2025-02-03T14:15:32.667

Link: CVE-2021-37973

Redhat

No data.

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