Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2020-15989
Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted PDF file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- crbug.com/1108351 (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, 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)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-15989?
- CVE-2020-15989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-11-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-15989?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-15989 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.