CVE-2020-15965 Memory corruption in Chrome
A type confusion vulnerability in Google Chrome allows remote attackers to perform out-of-bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-15965?
CVE-2020-15965 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15965?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-15965?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-15965 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15965 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15965, GHSA-5883-cq6h-c598, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15965.