CVE-2021-4102 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Dec. 15, 2021.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Google	Chrome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
https://crbug.com/1278387
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-4102

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-12-15'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2022-02-11T22:55:22.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:15:46.405Z

Reserved: 2021-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-4102

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:16:03.673Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-02-11T23:15:08.273

Modified: 2025-10-24T14:09:58.150

Link: CVE-2021-4102

Redhat

No data.

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