Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6507

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6507

Published: June 15, 2020 / Updated: March 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29067
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6507
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system. The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in V8. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6507

Update to version 83.0.4103.106.

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