CVE-2021-38002

Use after free in Web Transport in Google Chrome prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2021-11-23 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-38002 is rated Moderate Risk (64.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-38002

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.62% 0.83% +0.21%
2 2025-11-18 0.83% 0.62% -0.21%
3 2025-10-16 — 0.83% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-38002

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 6.0 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-38002

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-38002

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-38002 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (chromium), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38002
gentoo high CVE-2021-38002: 1 GLSA(s) (202201-02), 2 atom(s) (www-client/chromium, www-client/google-chrome); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2021-38002
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-38002 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38002

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-38002

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 95.0.4638.69 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-38002

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