CVE-2021-38016

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

multiple issues in chromium

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38016

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202111-9

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202112-1

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2021-38016 NameCVE-2021-38016 DescriptionInsufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) ReferencesDSA-5046-1…

CVE-2021-38016

Name	CVE-2021-38016
Description	Insufficient policy enforcement in background fetch in Google Chrome prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5046-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
chromium (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	120.0.6099.224-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	147.0.7727.137-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	148.0.7778.178-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	147.0.7727.137-1~deb13u1	fixed
	trixie (security)	148.0.7778.178-1~deb13u1	fixed
	forky, sid	148.0.7778.178-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
chromium	source	stretch	(unfixed)	end-of-life
chromium	source	buster	(unfixed)	end-of-life
chromium	source	bullseye	97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1		DSA-5046-1
chromium	source	(unstable)	97.0.4692.71-0.1

Notes

[buster] - chromium <end-of-life> (see DSA 5046)
[stretch] - chromium <end-of-life> (see DSA 4562)

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Apply commands

text fix

Notes

[buster] - chromium <end-of-life> (see DSA 5046)[stretch] - chromium <end-of-life> (see DSA 4562)

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`5.0.2497.24-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1`
debian	forky	fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`97.0.4692.71-0.1`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.