CVE-2020-6418: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 78.8%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Google: Chrome
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/156632/Google-Chrome-80-JSCreate-Side-Effect-Type-Confusion.htm… (opens in new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0738 (opens in new tab)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html (opens in new tab)
- crbug.com/1053604 (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOH… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)