Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16011
Published: November 2, 2020 / Updated: November 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48092
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-2020-16011
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 boundary error when processing untrusted HTML content in UI on Windows. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
Google Chrome
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-16011
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 (Debian package) - update to 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1