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CVE-2021-30508

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-30508 describes a heap buffer overflow in Google Chrome's Media Feeds, affecting versions prior to 90.0.4430.212, as well as Fedora Project's Chrome and Fedora. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where an unauthenticated attacker could achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is convinced to enable specific Chrome features via a crafted HTML page. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 90.0.4430.212CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 59th 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-May/CVE-2021-30508

Chromium: CVE-2021-30508 Heap buffer overflow in Media Feeds

May 11, 2021

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2021/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1195340
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ETMZL6IHCTCTREEL434BQ4THQ7EOHJ43
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAT6EOXVQFE6JFMFQF4IKAOUQSHMHL54
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-06
Third Party Advisory