CVE-2020-16013: 
C# vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2020-16013 is a vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's V8 engine prior to version 86.0.4240.198. The vulnerability stems from an inappropriate implementation that allowed remote attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page. The issue was disclosed and patched in November 2020 (Chrome Release).

The vulnerability has been classified as a high-severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8. The vulnerability is categorized as an Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) affecting the V8 JavaScript engine in Google Chrome. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating network vector attack with low complexity, requiring no privileges but user interaction (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code through heap corruption, potentially leading to full system compromise within the browser's security context. The high severity ratings for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts indicate the serious nature of this vulnerability (NVD).

The vulnerability was patched in Chrome version 86.0.4240.198. Users and organizations are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was also backported to various Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Ubuntu LTS releases (Red Hat).