CVE-2020-16009

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

CVE-2020-16009 is fixed in 5 products on 2 platforms, first by chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released January 8, 2021. 1 other affected product has no fix yet. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.

Patch nowCISA KEVFixed on 2 platforms

CVSS

8.8

Medium

Exploitation

Exploited

Reported by the vendor

CISA KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Federal due date May 3, 2022

EPSS

0.4829

98th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Linux
chromium-browser · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)	86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	Jan 8, 2021
chromium-browser-l10n · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)	86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	chromium-browser-l10n 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	Jan 8, 2021
chromium-chromedriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)	86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	chromium-chromedriver 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	Jan 8, 2021
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)	86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	chromium-codecs-ffmpeg 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	Jan 8, 2021
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)	86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	Jan 8, 2021
No fix yet
Local Administrator Password Solution (Windows apps)	No fix yet	no-fix	n/a

Details

Published
November 2, 2020
Weakness
CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CISA required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16009

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