CVE-2021-21779

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

08/07/2021

Last modified:

07/11/2023

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:2.30.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:2.30.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

CVE-2021-21779

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools