vulnerability
Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2021-21140 Uninitialized Use in USB
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 9, 2021 | Feb 16, 2021 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2021
Added
Feb 16, 2021
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Uninitialized use in USB in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via via a USB device.
Solution
google-chrome-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-21140
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-21140
- CWE-119
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-8531
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-8531
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21140
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