CVE-2020-16013

high KEV

Published 2020-11-27 · Modified 2021-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.5

Description

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an inappropriate implementation vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Google
Product: Chromium V8
Due date: 2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

OS impact

Arch Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Fixed	`86.0.4240.198-1`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`87.0.4280.88-0.1`
sid	Fixed	`87.0.4280.88-0.1`
forky	Fixed	`87.0.4280.88-0.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`87.0.4280.88-0.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`87.0.4280.88-0.1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
NuGet	CefSharp.Common	`<86.0.241`	`86.0.241`
NuGet	CefSharp.Wpf	`<86.0.241`	`86.0.241`
NuGet	CefSharp.WinForms	`<86.0.241`	`86.0.241`
NuGet	CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost	`<86.0.241`	`86.0.241`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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