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CVE-2021-30552: 
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-30552 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the Extensions component of Google Chrome versions prior to 91.0.4472.101. The vulnerability was reported by David Erceg on April 20, 2021, and was addressed in a security update released by Google (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Use-after-free (CWE-416) issue in the Extensions component of Google Chrome. It received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating a high severity vulnerability that requires user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker who convinces a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was patched in Google Chrome version 91.0.4472.101. Users and administrators are advised to upgrade to this version or later. Various Linux distributions also released security updates to address this vulnerability, including Fedora and Gentoo (Gentoo Advisory, Fedora Update).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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