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CVE-2021-37978

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to...

8.8 HighFix available

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.02%Up 0.2 points since Nov 3, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2021-37978
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2021-37978
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24451 No score

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
EUVD-2021-24451
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m5wp-j42j-266w No score

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to...

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
GHSA-m5wp-j42j-266w
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2021-37978 8.8

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2021-37978
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 8.8

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2021-37978
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-37978 8.8

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37978
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-37978 8.8

Heap buffer overflow in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37978
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2022-0050 No score

Updated qtwebengine5 packages fix security vulnerability

The qtwebengine5 package has been updated to version 5.15.8, fixing several security issues in the bundled chromium code. See the referenced package announcement for details.

Record
MGASA-2022-0050
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1350-1 No score

Security update for chromium

This update for chromium fixes the following issues:

Chromium 94.0.4606.81 (boo#1191463):

  • CVE-2021-37977: Use after free in Garbage Collection
  • CVE-2021-37978: Heap buffer overflow in Blink
  • CVE-2021-37979: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC
  • CVE-2021-37980: Inappropriate implementation in Sandbox

Chromium 94.0.4606.54 (boo#1190765):

  • CVE-2021-37956: Use after free in Offline use
  • CVE-2021-37957: Use after free in WebGPU
  • CVE-2021-37958: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation
  • CVE-2021-37959: Use after free in Task Manager
  • CVE-2021-37960: Inappropriate implementation in Blink graphics
  • CVE-2021-37961: Use after free in Tab Strip
  • CVE-2021-37962: Use after free in Performance Manager
  • CVE-2021-37963: Side-channel information leakage in DevTools
  • CVE-2021-37964: Inappropriate implementation in ChromeOS Networking
  • CVE-2021-37965: Inappropriate implementation in Background Fetch API
  • CVE-2021-37966: Inappropriate implementation in Compositing
  • CVE-2021-37967: Inappropriate implementation in Background Fetch API
  • CVE-2021-37968: Inappropriate implementation in Background Fetch API
  • CVE-2021-37969: Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater
  • CVE-2021-37970: Use after free in File System API
  • CVE-2021-37971: Incorrect security UI in Web Browser UI
  • CVE-2021-37972: Out of bounds read in libjpeg-turbo

Chromium 94.0.4606.61 (boo#1191166):

  • CVE-2021-37973: Use after free in Portals

Chromium 94.0.4606.71 (boo#1191204):

  • CVE-2021-37974 : Use after free in Safe Browsing
  • CVE-2021-37975 : Use after free in V8
  • CVE-2021-37976 : Information leak in core
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1350-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1433-1 No score

Security update for opera

This update for opera fixes the following issues:

Opera was updated to version 80.0.4170.63

  • CHR-8612 Update chromium on desktop-stable-94-4170 to 94.0.4606.81
  • DNA-95434 Crash at opera::ThemesService::UpdateCurrentTheme()
  • The update to chromium 94.0.4606.81 fixes following issues: CVE-2021-37977, CVE-2021-37978, CVE-2021-37979, CVE-2021-37980

Opera was updated to version 80.0.4170.40

  • CHR-8598 Update chromium on desktop-stable-94-4170 to 94.0.4606.71
  • DNA-95221 Emoji button stuck in address bar
  • DNA-95325 Make y.at navigations to be reported with page_views events
  • DNA-95327 Add “Emojis” context menu option in address bar field
  • DNA-95339 Add YAT emoji url suggestion to search© dialog
  • DNA-95416 Remove emoji button from address bar
  • DNA-95439 Enable #yat-emoji-addresses on developer stream
  • DNA-95441 [Mac big sur] Emoji are not shown in address bar url
  • DNA-95514 Crash at resource_coordinator::TabLifecycleUnitSource ::TabLifecycleUnit::OnLifecycleUnitStateChanged(mojom:: LifecycleUnitState, mojom::LifecycleUnitStateChangeReason)
  • DNA-95746 Enable #reader-mode everywhere
  • DNA-95865 Numbers are recognized as emojis
  • DNA-95866 Change Yat text in selection popup
  • DNA-95867 Show that buttons are clickable in selection popup
  • The update to chromium 94.0.4606.71 fixes following issues: CVE-2021-37974, CVE-2021-37975, CVE-2021-37976
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1433-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1434-1 No score

Security update for opera

This update for opera fixes the following issues:

Opera was updated to version 80.0.4170.63

  • CHR-8612 Update chromium on desktop-stable-94-4170 to 94.0.4606.81
  • DNA-95434 Crash at opera::ThemesService::UpdateCurrentTheme()
  • The update to chromium 94.0.4606.81 fixes following issues: CVE-2021-37977, CVE-2021-37978, CVE-2021-37979, CVE-2021-37980

Opera was updated to version 80.0.4170.40

  • CHR-8598 Update chromium on desktop-stable-94-4170 to 94.0.4606.71
  • DNA-95221 Emoji button stuck in address bar
  • DNA-95325 Make y.at navigations to be reported with page_views events
  • DNA-95327 Add “Emojis” context menu option in address bar field
  • DNA-95339 Add YAT emoji url suggestion to search© dialog
  • DNA-95416 Remove emoji button from address bar
  • DNA-95439 Enable #yat-emoji-addresses on developer stream
  • DNA-95441 [Mac big sur] Emoji are not shown in address bar url
  • DNA-95514 Crash at resource_coordinator::TabLifecycleUnitSource ::TabLifecycleUnit::OnLifecycleUnitStateChanged(mojom:: LifecycleUnitState, mojom::LifecycleUnitStateChangeReason)
  • DNA-95746 Enable #reader-mode everywhere
  • DNA-95865 Numbers are recognized as emojis
  • DNA-95866 Change Yat text in selection popup
  • DNA-95867 Show that buttons are clickable in selection popup
  • The update to chromium 94.0.4606.71 fixes following issues: CVE-2021-37974, CVE-2021-37975, CVE-2021-37976
Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1434-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1 No score

Security update for opera

This update for opera fixes the following issues:

Update to 85.0.4341.28

  • CHR-8816 Update chromium on desktop-stable-99-4341 to 99.0.4844.84

  • DNA-98092 Crash at views::MenuItemView::GetMenuController()

  • DNA-98278 Translations for O85

  • DNA-98320 [Mac] Unable to delete recent search entries

  • DNA-98614 Show recent searches for non-BABE users

  • DNA-98615 Allow removal of recent searches

  • DNA-98616 Add recent searches to ‘old’ BABE

  • DNA-98617 Make it possible to disable ad-blocker per-country

  • DNA-98651 Remove Instagram and Facebook Messenger in Russia

  • DNA-98653 Add flag #recent-searches

  • DNA-98696 smoketest PageInfoHistoryDataSourceTest.FormatTimestampString failing

  • DNA-98703 Port Chromium issue 1309225 to Opera Stable

  • The update to chromium 99.0.4844.84 fixes following issues:
    CVE-2022-1096

  • Changes in 85.0.4341.18

    • CHR-8789 Update chromium on desktop-stable-99-4341 to 99.0.4844.51
    • DNA-98059 [Linux] Crash at opera::FreedomSettingsImpl::IsBypassForDotlessDomainsEnabled
    • DNA-98349 [Linux] Crash at bluez::BluezDBusManager::Get()
    • DNA-98126 System crash dialog shown on macOS <= 10.15
    • DNA-98331 [Snap] Meme generator cropping / resizing broken
    • DNA-98394 Audio tab indicator set to 'muted' on videoconferencing sites
    • DNA-98481 Report errors in opauto_collector
  • The update to chromium 99.0.4844.51 fixes following issues: CVE-2022-0789, CVE-2022-0790, CVE-2022-0791, CVE-2022-0792, CVE-2022-0793, CVE-2022-0794, CVE-2022-0795, CVE-2022-0796, CVE-2022-0797, CVE-2022-0798, CVE-2022-0799, CVE-2022-0800, CVE-2022-0801, CVE-2022-0802, CVE-2022-0803, CVE-2022-0804, CVE-2022-0805, CVE-2022-0806, CVE-2022-0807, CVE-2022-0808, CVE-2022-0809

  • Changes in 85.0.4341.13

    • DNA-94119 Upgrade curl to 7.81.0
    • DNA-97849 [Mac monterey] System shortcut interfere with Opera’s ToggleSearchInOpenTabs shortcut
    • DNA-98204 Automatic popout happens when video is paused
    • DNA-98231 Shortcuts are blocked by displayed tab tooltip when triggered quickly after tooltip appears
    • DNA-98321 Add thinlto-cache warnings to suppression list
    • DNA-98395 Promote O85 to stable
  • Complete Opera 85.0 changelog at: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-85/

  • Update to 84.0.4316.42

    • DNA-94119 Upgrade curl to 7.81.0
    • DNA-98092 Crash at views::MenuItemView::GetMenuController()
    • DNA-98204 Automatic popout happens when video is paused
    • DNA-98231 Shortcuts are blocked by displayed tab tooltip when triggered quickly after tooltip appears
  • Update to 84.0.4316.31

    • CHR-8772 Update chromium on desktop-stable-98-4316 to 98.0.4758.109
    • DNA-97573 [Win][Lin]”Close tab” button is not displayed on tabs playing media when many tabs are open
    • DNA-97729 cancelling the process uploading custom Wallpaper crashes the browser
    • DNA-97871 Google meet tab’s icons don’t fit on pinned tab
    • DNA-97872 Tab is being unpinned when video conferencing button is clicked
    • DNA-98039 Dark theme top sites have black background
    • DNA-98117 Clicking current tab information should hide tooltip
  • Update to 84.0.4316.21

    • CHR-8762 Update chromium on desktop-stable-98-4316 to 98.0.4758.102
    • DNA-97333 ‘Add a site’ label on start page tile barely visible
    • DNA-97691 Opera 84 translations
    • DNA-97767 Wrong string in FR
    • DNA-97855 Crash at ScopedProfileKeepAlive::~ScopedProfileKeepAlive()
    • DNA-97982 Enable #snap-upstream-implementation on all streams
  • The update to chromium 98.0.4758.102 fixes following issues: CVE-2022-0603, CVE-2022-0604, CVE-2022-0605, CVE-2022-0606, CVE-2022-0607, CVE-2022-0608, CVE-2022-0609, CVE-2022-0610

  • Update to 84.0.4316.14

    • CHR-8753 Update chromium on desktop-stable-98-4316 to 98.0.4758.82
    • DNA-97177 Battery saver – the icon looks bad for DPI!=100%
    • DNA-97614 automatic video pop-out for most popular websites broadcasting Winter Olympic Games…
Record
openSUSE-SU-2022:0110-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11572-1 No score

chromedriver-94.0.4606.81-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-94.0.4606.81-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11572-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11605-1 No score

libQt5Pdf5-5.15.7-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libQt5Pdf5-5.15.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11605-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score

ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.14
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r1
5.15.3_git20211006-r1
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.15
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.16
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.17
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.18
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.19
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.20
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.21
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.22
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
qt5-qtwebengine
Alpine:v3.23
before 5.15.3_git20211006-r3
5.15.3_git20211006-r3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
chromium
Debian:12
before 97.0.4692.71-0.1
97.0.4692.71-0.1
chromium
Debian:13
before 97.0.4692.71-0.1
97.0.4692.71-0.1
chromium
Debian:14
before 97.0.4692.71-0.1
97.0.4692.71-0.1
chromium
Debian:11
From an advisory covering 123 CVEs
before 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1, plus listed versions
90.0.4430.212-193.0.4577.82-1
97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1
qtwebengine5
Mageia:8
From an advisory covering 51 CVEs
before 5.15.8-1.mga8
5.15.8-1.mga8
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
before 94.0.4606.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions
61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1
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63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.98-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.142-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.177.0.3865.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.70-0ubuntu0.18.04.278.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.108-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.130-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.163-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.122-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.183.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.184.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.185.0.4183.83-0ubuntu0.18.04.285.0.4183.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.186.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.186.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.187.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.189.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
94.0.4606.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
chromium
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 94.0.4606.81-lp152.2.132.1
94.0.4606.81-lp152.2.132.1
opera
openSUSE:Leap 15.2 NonFree
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 80.0.4170.63-lp152.2.73.1
80.0.4170.63-lp152.2.73.1
opera
openSUSE:Leap 15.3 NonFree
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 80.0.4170.63-lp153.2.27.1
80.0.4170.63-lp153.2.27.1
opera
openSUSE:Leap 15.4 NonFree
From an advisory covering 241 CVEs
before 85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
85.0.4341.28-lp154.2.5.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 94.0.4606.81-1.1
94.0.4606.81-1.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2310 CVEs
before 113.0.5672.92-1.1
113.0.5672.92-1.1

History

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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-37978 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published October 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.02%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in qt5-qtwebengine 5.15.3_git20211006-r1.

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