CVE-2020-15959
MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2020 at 07:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeFedora
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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in networking in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed an attacker who convinced the user to enable logging to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via social engineering.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 85.0.4183.102
Affected range stops below 85.0.4183.102, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00072.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00078.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00081.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlx_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/1122684Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
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CWE
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