CVE-2021-21779

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation3% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
86%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

[SECURITY] [DSA 4945-1] webkit2gtk security update

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4945
generic

TALOS-2021-1238 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group - Comprehensive Threat Intelligence

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1238
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.32.3-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V4QORERLPDN3UNNJFJSOMHZZCU2G75Q6/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: webkit2gtk3-2.32.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KYMMBQN4PRVDLMIJT2LY2BWHLYBD57P3/
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

oss-security - WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit Security Advisory WSA-2021-0004

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/23/1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-21779(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev (2.32.3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-26ubuntu
redhatwebkitgtk4-0:2.48.3-2.el7_92025-07-07redhat
redhatwebkit2gtk3-0:2.32.3-2.el82021-11-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(9 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
webkit2gtk—2.32.3-1—
wpewebkit—2.32.3-1—
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
webkit2gtk—2.32.3-1—
wpewebkit—2.32.3-1—
Debian:13(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
webkit2gtk—2.32.3-1—
wpewebkit—2.32.3-1—
Debian:14(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
webkit2gtk—2.32.3-1—
wpewebkit—2.32.3-1—
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
webkit2gtk2.24.2-1 ... 2.32.2-1 (85 versions)2.32.3-1~deb10u1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-21779?
CVE-2021-21779 is a high vulnerability published on July 8, 2021. A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. A specially crafted web page can lead to a potential information leak and further memory corruption. A victim must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page to trigger this…
When was CVE-2021-21779 disclosed?
CVE-2021-21779 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2021, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-21779 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-21779 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 13.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-21779?
CVE-2021-21779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-21779?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-21779, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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