Netskope Threat Labs

BROWSER-CHROME Google Chrome V8 engine integer overflow attempt

IPS-CFWIPS-SWG

2 SIDs: 57420, 200224

First seen
February 2023
Last seen
October 2026

Detects web content that exploits CVE-2021-21220, incorrect integer handling in the V8 engine in Chrome that can allow remote code execution. The rule matches the Uint32Array with a 2 to the power 31 value that the publicly released exploit uses to confuse the optimizer, and Google patched the flaw in April 2021 after the exploit circulated.