CVE-2021-21140 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Uninitialized use in USB in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via via a USB device.

Published: 2021-02-09

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 88.0.4324.96

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4846-1	chromium security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8531	Uninitialized use in USB in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via via a USB device.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00125.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
https://crbug.com/1136327
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21140

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2021-02-09T13:56:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:01:14.116Z

Reserved: 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21140

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-09T14:15:16.903

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:47:38.670

Link: CVE-2021-21140

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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