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CVE-2020-6390: 
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Out of bounds memory access vulnerability (CVE-2020-6390) was discovered in streams component of Google Chrome versions prior to 80.0.3987.87. The vulnerability was reported by Sergei Glazunov of Google Project Zero on January 27, 2020 (Chrome Blog, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a high severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8. It allows an attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page by triggering an out-of-bounds memory access in the streams component. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) (NVD).

Impact

A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via heap corruption, potentially leading to complete system compromise. The attack requires user interaction as it needs the victim to visit a specially crafted HTML page (Red Hat).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was patched in Chrome version 80.0.3987.87. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was also backported to various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, and Gentoo (Debian, Red Hat).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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