Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <80.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
97.07% (100th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-558923
- published 26 Feb 2020
- disclosed 27 Feb 2020
Introduced: 26 Feb 2020
CVE-2020-6418 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 80.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6418
- https://crbug.com/1053604
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6418
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156632/Google-Chrome-80-JSCreate-Side-Effect-Type-Confusion.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0738
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48186
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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