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CVE-2021-30632 KEVPublic exploit High · 8.8 EPSS 63.2%

Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Google · Chromium V8

Summary

The flaw is an out-of-bounds write in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chromium, the component that handles script execution in Chrome. An attacker who gets a user to load a crafted HTML page can potentially corrupt heap memory, and the attack requires only remote network access and no authentication, though it depends on the victim visiting the malicious page.

Official description · NVD

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 93.0.4577.82 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Breakdown
69.0 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

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  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 30 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) was available 10 days before disclosure.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence30 days before
  2. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub10 days before
  3. Disclosedday 0
  4. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+26 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Malicious crafted web page drives exploitation

allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

ExecutionTA0002

Exploitation for Client Execution T1203 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

Browser JavaScript engine exploitation enables client code execution

Out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

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References

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