CVE-2021-38013

CriticalCVSS 9.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised a WebUI renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 23, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-38013: Critical severity, CVSS 9.6 | Vulnix