CVE-2020-6458 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via heap corruption in Chrome's PDFium component by tricking users into opening a crafted PDF file.
- 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-2020-6458?
CVE-2020-6458 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 May 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 read and write in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6458?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6458?
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-2020-6458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6458, GHSA-2g48-26gj-64rv, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6458.