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CVE-2020-6468
published 2020-05-21

CVE-2020-6468: Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

PriorityP351high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
6.41%
93.0th percentile
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
chromiumchromium>= 0 < 83.0.4103.83-183.0.4103.83-1
chromiumchromium>= 0 < 83.0.4103.83-183.0.4103.83-1
chromiumchromium>= 0 < 83.0.4103.83-183.0.4103.83-1
chromiumchromium>= 0 < 83.0.4103.83-183.0.4103.83-1
debianchromium< chromium 83.0.4103.83-1 (bookworm)chromium 83.0.4103.83-1 (bookworm)
debiandebian_linux
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
googlechrome< 83.0.4103.6183.0.4103.61
googlechrome>= unspecified < 83.0.4103.6183.0.4103.61
googlechrome_chrome
opensusebackports_sle
opensuseleap

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • CVE-2020-6468 is a Type Confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome prior to version 83.0.4103.61; detection should focus on identifying unpatched Chrome versions below this threshold
  • The vulnerability is triggered via a crafted HTML page delivered remotely; monitor for suspicious or anomalous HTML/JS content targeting V8 type confusion patterns in web traffic
  • Chromium upstream bug tracker ID 1076708 is associated with this CVE and may contain PoC or technical details useful for building detections
  • ·Fixed version for Debian (all tracked branches) is 83.0.4103.83-1, which is slightly newer than the upstream fix version of 83.0.4103.61; ensure the correct fixed version is used per platform when writing version-based detections
  • ·Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary addressed this issue via RHSA-2020:2544; version-based detections on RHEL should reference this advisory rather than the upstream Chrome version alone

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
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