CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-16040

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2021-01-08
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-190, CWE-20, CWE-787

Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected configurations

• google chrome (< 87.0.4280.88)

Weakness · CWE (3)

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1150649 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1150649 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

CVE-2020-16040

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (3)

References