Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-16040
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 99.6% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)99.6%top 0.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Metasploit
Official description
Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16040 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16040 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16040 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1150649 x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISC