CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-42279

MediumCVSS 4.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.95%

79th percentile - higher than 79% of all known CVEs

Summary

A memory corruption vulnerability in the Chakra Scripting Engine.

Risk Assessment

May lead to remote code execution or browser crash, posing a serious threat to users.

Recommendation

Install the latest security updates for the browser using the Chakra engine.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Chakra Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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