Buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2020-15960
Heap buffer overflow in storage in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- crbug.com/1100136 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15960?
- CVE-2020-15960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15960?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.