Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15987

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-15987

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU47378
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-2020-15987
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 WebRTC in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2020-15987

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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