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CVE-2021-21217

Unchecked Return Value

Published: Apr 26, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21217
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252.html

Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF file.

Weakness

The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Chrome Google * 90.0.4430.72 (excluding)
Chromium-browser Ubuntu bionic *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu trusty *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu upstream *
Chromium-browser Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References

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