CVE-2020-16042
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 78.6.0-1 |
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 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-23
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-25
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202012-14
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16042
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16042.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5562
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5624
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.