Type Confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6430

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Type Confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6430

Published: April 7, 2020 / Updated: April 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26661
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6430
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the V8 component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger a type confusion error and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6430

Update to version 81.0.4044.92.

Google Chrome - update to 81.0.4044.92
chromium (Debian package) - update to 83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 81.0.4044.92-2.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 81.0.4044.113-1.el7, 81.0.4044.113-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-1.fc30, 81.0.4044.113-1.fc31, 81.0.4044.113-1.fc32, 81.0.4044.113-2.el7, 81.0.4044.113-2.el8, 81.0.4044.113-2.fc30, 81.0.4044.113-2.fc31, 81.0.4044.113-2.fc32, 81.0.4044.122-1.el7, 81.0.4044.122-1.el8, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc30, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc31, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc32, 81.0.4044.138-1.el7, 81.0.4044.138-1.el8, 81.0.4044.138-1.fc31

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