CVE-2021-30558
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A medium severity vulnerability (CVE-2021-30558) was identified in Google Chrome's content security policy implementation. The vulnerability was discovered by Jun Kokatsu from Microsoft Browser Vulnerability Research on December 19, 2018, and was fixed in Chrome version 91.0.4472.77 released on May 25, 2021. The issue affects all versions of Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is characterized as an insufficient policy enforcement in content security policy that could allow a remote attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability has been assigned 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 (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass the content security policy protections, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVSS score of 8.8 indicates significant potential impact if successfully exploited (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires user interaction and can be exploited remotely by an attacker with no privileges required. The attack complexity is considered low, making it relatively straightforward to exploit if proper conditions are met (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in Chrome version 91.0.4472.77. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was included as part of Chrome's stable channel update for desktop platforms (Chrome Release).

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