CVE-2020-16040 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2021-01-08

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 75.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 87.0.4280.88

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4824-1	chromium security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.75147.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1150649

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.78671}`	epss `{'score': 0.81866}`

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2021-01-08T17:54:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:37:53.018Z

Reserved: 2020-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16040

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-08T19:15:14.083

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:06:43.730

Link: CVE-2020-16040

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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