VDB
GHSA-r869-w852-f56r
GHSA-r869-w852-f56r
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published December 24, 2021
Use after free in file API in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.93 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- Dec 24, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-r869-w852-f56r
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-r869-w852-f56r
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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-r869-w852-f56r/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744 url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165486/Chrome-storage-BlobURLStoreImpl-Revoke-Heap-Use-After-Free.html exploit
- https://crbug.com/1262183 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4057 advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html url