Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2020 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-15973
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass same origin policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15973 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15973 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15973 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1106890 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- FEDORA-2020-127d40f1ab vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-8aca25b5c8 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-4e8e48da22 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- DSA-4824 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN