Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16004

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16004

Published: November 2, 2020 / Updated: November 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48088
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16004
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the user interface component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2020-16004

Update to version 86.0.4240.183.

Google Chrome - update to 86.0.4240.183
chromium (Debian package) - update to 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 86.0.4240.183-1.el7, 86.0.4240.183-1.el8, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc31, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc32, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc33, 86.0.4240.198-1.el7, 86.0.4240.198-1.el8, 86.0.4240.198-1.fc31, 86.0.4240.198-1.fc32, 87.0.4280.66-1.el7, 87.0.4280.66-1.el8, 87.0.4280.66-1.fc32, 87.0.4280.88-1.el7, 87.0.4280.88-1.el8
www-client/chromium - update to 86.0.4240.193
www-client/google-chrome - update to 86.0.4240.193

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