CVE-2020-6416: 
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2020-6416 is a security vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome prior to version 80.0.3987.87, reported by Woojin Oh(@pwn_expoit) of STEALIEN on December 8, 2019. The vulnerability involves insufficient data validation in streams functionality that could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page (NVD, Chrome Release).

The vulnerability has been classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The issue stems from insufficient validation of untrusted input in the streams component of Chrome, which could lead to heap corruption (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the browser, potentially leading to system compromise. The high CVSS score indicates serious potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (NVD).

Google released a fix in Chrome version 80.0.3987.87. Users and administrators are strongly advised to update to this version or later. Multiple Linux distributions have also released security updates including Debian (80.0.3987.132-1~deb10u1), Fedora, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Debian Advisory, Red Hat Advisory).