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CVE-2020-15988

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: November 3, 2020 at 02:21 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeFedora· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to open files to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
10.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
313233
Chrome· Googlenpm
95%
v < 86.0.4240.75
Affected range stops below 86.0.4240.75, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)
Backports Sle· openSUSE
95%
15.0 sp2

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (7)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/1092518
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824

CVSS

6.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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