CVE-2021-38013: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap buffer overflow in fingerprint recognition in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised a WebUI renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 34 only
• Google Chrome: before 96.0.4664.45 (fixed in 96.0.4664.45)

Published 2021-12-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.