CVE-2020-16040

moderate-risk
Published 2021-01-08

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Do I need to act?

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75.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 25% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (10)

Broken Link http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Co...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Co...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Inte...
Release Notes https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop....
Issue Tracking https://crbug.com/1150649
Broken Link http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Co...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Co...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Inte...
Release Notes https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop....
Issue Tracking https://crbug.com/1150649
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal