CVE-2021-4055

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    CVE-2021-4055

    Published: 23 Dec 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25, https://crbug.com/1266510

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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