CVE-2021-4055
High
CVE-2021-4055
Heap buffer overflow in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Exploit probability
1.1%
Published
December 23, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-4055
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Heap buffer overflow in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Extension.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1266510
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046