CVE-2020-6418 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion

What is CVE-2020-6418?

CVE-2020-6418 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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

Type confusion in V8 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-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6418?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6418?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-6418 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-6418 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry and 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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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-2020-6418, GHSA-495j-4jmx-mgrx, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6418.