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CVE-2020-16013GHSA-X7FX-MCC9-27J7

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 86.0.4240.198, 86.0.241
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The vulnerability affects Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. A remote attacker could potentially exploit it by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted web page, which could corrupt memory and potentially allow malicious code to run.

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 86.0.4240.198 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

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    From unspecified · fixed in 86.0.4240.198

  • 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 2

crbug.com

chromereleases.googleblog.com