CVE-2021-37973
Google Chromium Portals Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37973
Description
Use after free in Portals in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.61 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation Context
as of October 15, 2026- CISA added CVE-2021-37973 to the KEV catalog 26 days after its CVE record was published.
- It is one of 75 Google entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 23 added in 2021.
- Its current EPSS score (11.7%) is higher than that of 28% of CISA KEV entries.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
Google Chrome | unspecified to <94.0.4606.61 |
References
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