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CVE-2021-4099

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-4099 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Swiftshader, affecting Google Chrome prior to version 96.0.4664.110. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to achieve heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a significant risk of high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability garnered notable community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 96.0.4664.110CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 53rd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 96.0.1054.57
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Dec/CVE-2021-4099

Chromium: CVE-2021-4099 Use after free in Swiftshader

Dec 14, 2021

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1270658
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory