Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15981

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Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15981

Published: October 7, 2020 / Updated: October 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47373
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-2020-15981
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 boundary condition within the audio component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2020-15981

Update to version 86.0.4240.75.

Google Chrome - update to 86.0.4240.75
chromium (Debian package) - update to 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 86.0.4240.75-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 86.0.4240.111-1.el7, 86.0.4240.111-1.el8, 86.0.4240.111-1.fc31, 86.0.4240.111-1.fc32, 86.0.4240.111-1.fc33, 86.0.4240.183-1.el7, 86.0.4240.183-1.el8, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc33, 86.0.4240.198-1.el7, 86.0.4240.198-1.el8, 87.0.4280.66-1.el7, 87.0.4280.66-1.el8, 87.0.4280.88-1.el7, 87.0.4280.88-1.el8

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