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CVE-2020-16009GHSA-M7MF-48HP-5QMR

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 86.0.4240.183, 86.0.241
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine contained an implementation flaw that could let a remote attacker potentially exploit heap memory corruption by luring a victim to a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to compromise the affected browser.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    From unspecified · fixed in 86.0.4240.183

  • CefSharp.CommonNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.WpfNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.WinFormsNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHostNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

References 9

chromereleases.googleblog.com

crbug.com

lists.opensuse.org

packetstormsecurity.com

security.gentoo.org

lists.fedoraproject.org

debian.org