What is CVE-2020-16040?
Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
The record classifies CVE-2020-16040 under weakness classes CWE-20, CWE-190, CWE-787. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 2096 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 6.5 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 99.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 9.2/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2021-01-08, last modified 2024-08-04
Is CVE-2020-16040 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2020-16040 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier.
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Google: Chrome
How to fix CVE-2020-16040
The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2020-16040. Patch reference: https://crbug.com/1150649. Vendor advisory: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2020-16040
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2020-16040, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on . This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.