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Google Chromium V8 Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Google - Chromium V8 · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVE-2021-37975

HighCVSS 8.8KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Risk Assessment

Enables remote code execution or browser destabilization after visiting a malicious page. Poses significant risk to workstations running outdated Chrome.

Recommendation

Update Google Chrome to version 94.0.4606.71 or later on all workstations. Consider enforcing updates via enterprise policies.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.71 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS