6.5

CVE-2020-16042: google chrome Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-16042DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042
Published 08-01-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16042 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.11%
0%100%
Low · +0.22 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 39 · Related 22
DLA-2496-1DLA-2497-1DSA-4813-1DSA-4815-1DSA-4824-1MGASA-2020-0461

Timeline

  1. 08-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.22 pp

From 0.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.11%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian3 products
  • chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1
  • firefox-esr< 78.6.0esr-1
  • thunderbird< 1:78.6.0-1
Ubuntu3 products
  • chromium-browser< 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox< 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird< 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 87.0.4280.88 | < 87.0.4280.88

3 vendors · 7 products

References

9 links