CVE-2020-16009

Summary

CVECVE-2020-16009
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-03 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionInappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.843830000 probability, percentile 0.993170000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-843

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorGoogle
ProductChromium V8
NameGoogle Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16009

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cefsharp Cefsharp All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Microsoft Edge All All All All
Application Microsoft Edge All All All All
Application Microsoft Edge Chromium All All All All
Application Microsoft Edge Chromium All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp2 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp2 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1143772 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail MISC crbug.com Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: chromium-87.0.4280.66-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1829-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1831-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: chromium-86.0.4240.183-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4824-1 chromium DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Chrome V8 Turbofan Type Confusion ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: chromium-87.0.4280.66-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202011-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop MISC chromereleases.googleblog.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: chromium-86.0.4240.183-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690373 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for chromium (3ec6ab59-1e0c-11eb-a428-3065ec8fd3ec)
  • 750593 OpenSUSE Security Update for opera (openSUSE-SU-2020:1952-1)
  • 983240 Dotnet (nuget) Security Update for CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost (GHSA-m7mf-48hp-5qmr)
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