CVE-2021-21124 (GCVE-0-2021-21124)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-09 13:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Potential user after free in Speech Recognizer in Google Chrome on Android prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CWE
- Potential user after free
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/sta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://crbug.com/1131346 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vul… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
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