CVE-2020-15962

Public Exploit

Description

Insufficient policy validation in serial in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTML page.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.36% Top 15%

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Affected: Google Chrome

References

Link	Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html	release notes vendor advisory
https://crbug.com/1121836	exploit patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15962?: CVE-2020-15962 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15962?: To fix CVE-2020-15962, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15962 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-15962 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-15962?: CVE-2020-15962 affects Google Chrome.