CVE-2020-16000 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's Blink engine via crafted HTML pages, 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-2020-16000?
CVE-2020-16000 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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
Inappropriate implementation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16000?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16000?
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-2020-16000 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16000 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16000, GHSA-37wh-x9vg-98h5, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16000.