CVE-2020-16042

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-16042

Assigner
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-01-08T19:15:14

Last Modified Date
2021-07-21T11:39:23

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-908	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/908.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::	1	OR		87.0.4280.88

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1151890	Permissions Required Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16042
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16042

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:02:53				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 19:38:30	2021-01-08T19:15Z	2021-01-08T19:15:14	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 19:38:30		2021-07-21T11:39:23	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 19:38:30		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated