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High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 9, 2021
CVE-2021-21166Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by Nov 17, 2021. Treat that date as your deadline.
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Data race in audio in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due Nov 17, 2021Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 24.03% (percentile 98)
- Assigned by
- Chrome
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Google Chrome google:chrome (from the name) | from unspecified before 89.0.4389.72 | CNA record |
google chrome google:chrome | before 89.0.4389.72 | NVD |
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora | 32; 33; 34 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlx-refsource-misc, release-notes
- https://crbug.com/1177465x-refsource-misc, permissions-required
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FE5SIKEVYTMDCC5OSXGOM2KRPYLHYMQX/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora, release-notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBT54RKAE5XLMWSHLVUKJ7T2XHHYMXLH/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora, release-notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LCIDZ77XUDMB2EBPPWCQXPEIJERDNSNT/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora, release-notes
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4886vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21166us-government-resource
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