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CVE-2021-21152

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21152 is a high-severity heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Google Chrome's Media component on Linux, affecting versions prior to 88.0.4324.182, including various Fedora and Linux kernel distributions. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into visiting a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption and full compromise of the affected system (CVSS 8.8 HIGH). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 88.0.4324.182CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Feb/CVE-2021-21152

Chromium: CVE-2021-21152 Heap buffer overflow in Media

Feb 9, 2021

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2021/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1166504
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BI6ZIJQYP5DFMYVX4J5OGOU2NQLEZ3SB
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202104-08
Third Party Advisory