CVE-2020-16009

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Una implementación inapropiada en V8 en Google Chrome anterior a versión 86.0.4240.183, permitía a un atacante remoto explotar potencialmente una corrupción de la pila por medio de una página HTML diseñada

Turbofan fails to deoptimize code after map deprecation, leading to a type confusion vulnerability.

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains a type confusion vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-07-27 CVE Reserved
2020-11-03 CVE Published
2021-11-03 Exploited in Wild
2022-05-03 KEV Due Date
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2024-11-10 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.html	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html	2023-11-07
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16009	2020-11-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1894202	2020-11-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cefsharp Search vendor "Cefsharp"		Cefsharp Search vendor "Cefsharp" for product "Cefsharp"				< 86.0.241 Search vendor "Cefsharp" for product "Cefsharp" and version " < 86.0.241"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 86.0.4240.183 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 86.0.4240.183"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Edge Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Edge"				< 86.0.622.63 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Edge" and version " < 86.0.622.63"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Edge Chromium Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Edge Chromium"				< 86.0.4240.183 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Edge Chromium" and version " < 86.0.4240.183"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Backports Sle Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle" and version "15.0"		sp1		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Backports Sle Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle" and version "15.0"		sp2		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected