CVE-2020-16013

Google Chromium V8 Incorrect Implementation Vulnerabililty

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Una implementación inapropiada en V8 en Google Chrome versiones anteriores a 86.0.4240.198, permitió a un atacante remoto explotar potencialmente una corrupción de la memoria por medio de una página HTML diseñada

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium and Google Chrome, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code. Versions less than 86.0.4240.198 are affected.

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an inappropriate implementation 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

CVSS Scores

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

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

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:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-07-27 CVE Reserved
2020-11-16 CVE Published
2021-11-03 Exploited in Wild
2022-05-03 KEV Due Date
2025-02-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-358: Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html	2021-01-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16013	2020-11-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1897206	2020-11-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 86.0.4240.198 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 86.0.4240.198"		-		Affected