CVE-2020-16009

Description

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains a type confusion 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.

References

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16009
• https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-1500
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1143772
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824