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CVE-2021-37972

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  • Published2021-10-08
  • WeaknessCWE-125

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Description

Out of bounds read in libjpeg-turbo in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2021-10-0822:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
33.x= 33no fix published
34.x= 34no fix published
35.x= 35no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
10.0= 10.0no fix published
11.0= 11.0no fix published
Google chrome
BranchAffectedFixed in
94.0< 94.0.4606.5494.0.4606.54

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 94.0.4606.71-bp153.2.31.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 94.0.4606.71-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 94.0.4606.71-bp153.2.31.1
  • chromiumopenSUSE:Leap 15.2all versions · fixed in 94.0.4606.81-lp152.2.132.1
  • chromiumDebian:14all versions · fixed in 97.0.4692.71-0.1
  • chromiumDebian:13all versions · fixed in 97.0.4692.71-0.1
  • chromiumDebian:12all versions · fixed in 97.0.4692.71-0.1

14 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2021-37972 Red Hat Product Security

    libjpeg-turbo: Out-of-bounds read in 64-bit SSE2 Huffman encoder

Full record on NVD

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2021-10-08
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-fwwp-958j-rpq7

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37972?

Out of bounds read in libjpeg-turbo in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Is CVE-2021-37972 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-37972 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.8% on 2026-11-09, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-37972?

CVE-2021-37972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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