CVE-2020-6407 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via heap corruption in Chrome streams by tricking users into visiting a crafted HTML page.
- 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-2020-6407?
CVE-2020-6407 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Feb 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
Out of bounds memory access in streams in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6407?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6407?
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-2020-6407 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6407 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6407, GHSA-cjhv-77fv-j3wp, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6407.