Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2021 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-16042
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 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 84.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | thunderbird | 78.6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | thunderbird | 78.6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | thunderbird | 78.6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | thunderbird | 78.6.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:12 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 78.6.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:78.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:78.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:78.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1151890 x_refsource_MISC