CVE-2020-15980 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2020-15980?

CVE-2020-15980 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Intents in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a local attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via crafted Intents.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15980?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15980?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-15980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15980, GHSA-prgq-6f22-3c4w, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15980.