VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2020-16009
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 48.3%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Inappropriate 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 48.29% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-843
- Affected
- cefsharp/cefsharp · google/chrome · microsoft/edge · microsoft/edge chromium · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16009
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1143772Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1143772Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16009US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.