CVE-2020-16023 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 87.0.4280.66
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 87.0.4280.66
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2whc-3w32-64h4: Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 87↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16023: Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 87↗2021-01-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in WebCodecs↗2020-11-17
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-16014↗2020-11-17
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Debian
CVE-2020-16023: chromium - Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a rem...↗2020
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