CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.6 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component TabStrip. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 03/04/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-21161. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/29/2021). The advisory points out:
This CVE was assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses this vulnerability. Please see
It is declared as proof-of-concept.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍
NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
12/21/2020 🔍03/04/2021 🔍
03/04/2021 🔍
03/10/2021 🔍
03/29/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-21161 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 03/10/2021 10:37Updated: 03/29/2021 21:15
Changes: 03/10/2021 10:37 (24), 03/10/2021 10:38 (3), 03/10/2021 10:41 (28), 03/29/2021 21:09 (2), 03/29/2021 21:15 (18)
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