CVE-2020-15996 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can escape the sandbox via a crafted HTML page due to a use-after-free in password handling.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-15996?
CVE-2020-15996 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 3 Nov 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
Use after free in passwords in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15996?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-15996?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-15996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2020-15996 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15996 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-536w-qxrw-jpgf.