CVE-2020-15989 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Google Chrome

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-665 — Improper Initialization8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 86.0.4240.75
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 86.0.4240.75
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 31, 32, 33

Patches

Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mx2x-wmrj-98v7: Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-15989: Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86↗2020-11-03
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OSV
CVE-2020-15989: Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86↗2020-11-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-15989↗2020-10-06
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Uninitialized use in PDFium↗2020-10-06
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Debian
CVE-2020-15989: chromium - Uninitialized data in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a re...↗2020
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15989 chromium-browser: Uninitialized use in PDFium↗2020-10-07
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