Race condition in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16021

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Race condition in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16021

Published: November 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48487
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-2020-16021
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in ImageBurner in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted webpage and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-16021

Update to version 87.0.4280.66.

Google Chrome - update to 87.0.4280.66
chromium (Debian package) - update to 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1
chromium - addressed in versions 87.0.4280.66-1.el7, 87.0.4280.66-1.el8, 87.0.4280.66-1.fc32, 87.0.4280.66-1.fc33, 87.0.4280.88-1.el7, 87.0.4280.88-1.el8

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