CVE-2021-30601

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-30601 · Published 26/08/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-30601 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 92.0.4515.159 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 92.0.4515.159`	`92.0.4515.159`

Description

Use after free in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.159 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1234009 · Exploit
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5LVY4WIWTVVYKQMROJJS365TZBKEARCF
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPJPUSAWIJMQFBQQQYXAICLI4EKFQOH6
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QW4R2K5HVJ4R6XDZYOJCCFPIN2XHNS3L

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Package

Affected versions

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chrome

google

< 92.0.4515.159

92.0.4515.159

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