CVE-2020-6426 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in V8 via crafted HTML pages, potentially executing arbitrary code in Google Chrome.
- 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-2020-6426?
CVE-2020-6426 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 Mar 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 V8 in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.149 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6426?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6426?
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-2020-6426 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6426 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6426, GHSA-8279-779r-h75h, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6426.