Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15986

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Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15986

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47394
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15986
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the browser.

The vulnerability exists due to a integer overflow in media in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage and crash the browser.


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-2020-15986

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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