CVE-2020-6416
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2020 at 02:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:23 AM UTC
9 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeFedora
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Insufficient data validation in streams in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption 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%v < 80.0.3987.87
Affected range stops below 80.0.3987.87, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Linux Enterprise· SUSEdevice
80%All versions
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/2020-02/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1031895
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/1031895Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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