CVE-2020-16009 KEV
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 48.3% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 48.29% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-03 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-11-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2022-05-03 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chromium V8 |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cefsharp | cefsharp |
| debian | debian linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| chrome | |
| microsoft | edge |
| microsoft | edge chromium |
| opensuse | backports sle |
| opensuse | leap |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1143772
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1143772
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16009
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