CVE-2020-16009
HIGH KEVCefSharp < 86.0.241 - Remote Code Execution via V8 Type Confusion
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2020-16009 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://crbug.com/1143772
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159974/Chrome-V8-Turbofan-Type-Confusion.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
Release Notes vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
Release Notes vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16009
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.8438
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV
2020-10-29
InTheWild.io
2020-10-29
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2020-1500
CWE
CWE-843
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (14)
cefsharp/cefsharp
< 86.0.241
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
google/chrome
< 86.0.4240.183
microsoft/edge
< 86.0.622.63
microsoft/edge_chromium
< 86.0.4240.183
nuget/CefSharp.Common
0 - 86.0.241NuGet
nuget/CefSharp.WinForms
0 - 86.0.241NuGet
nuget/CefSharp.Wpf
0 - 86.0.241NuGet
... and 4 more
Published
Nov 03, 2020
KEV Added
Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026