CVE-2021-38000

  1. OpenCVE
  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2021-38000
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 95.0.4638.69 allowed a remote attacker to arbitrarily browser to a malicious URL via a crafted HTML page.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html Release Notes
https://crbug.com/1249962 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ Release Notes
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html Release Notes
https://crbug.com/1249962 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ Release Notes
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000 US Government Resource
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

24 Oct 2025, 13:55

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References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000 - US Government Resource

22 Oct 2025, 00:17

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:18

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References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:19

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38000 -

21 Nov 2024, 06:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html - Release Notes () https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html - Release Notes
References () https://crbug.com/1249962 - Exploit, Issue Tracking () https://crbug.com/1249962 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ - Release Notes () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ - Release Notes
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

29 Jul 2024, 18:46

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CWE CWE-601
References () https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_28.html - Release Notes
References () https://crbug.com/1249962 - Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory () https://crbug.com/1249962 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ - () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ - Release Notes
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 03:37

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-6a292e2cf4', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3W46HRT2UVHWSLZB6JZHQF6JNQWKV744/ -
Information

Published : 2021-11-23 22:15

Updated : 2025-10-24 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-38000

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38000

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38000

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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

google

  • android
  • chrome
CWE
CWE-601

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation