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CVE-2020-16042

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Jan 08, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16042
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/908.html

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.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*87.0.4280.88 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirefox-0:78.6.0-1.el7_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatthunderbird-0:78.6.0-1.el7_9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatfirefox-0:78.6.0-1.el8_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatthunderbird-0:78.6.0-1.el8_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatfirefox-0:78.6.0-1.el8_0*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatthunderbird-0:78.6.0-1.el8_0*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportRedHatfirefox-0:78.6.0-1.el8_1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportRedHatthunderbird-0:78.6.0-1.el8_1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportRedHatfirefox-0:78.6.0-1.el8_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportRedHatthunderbird-0:78.6.0-1.el8_2*
Chromium-browserUbuntubionic*
Chromium-browserUbuntutrusty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuupstream*
Chromium-browserUbuntuxenial*
FirefoxUbuntubionic*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntufocal*
FirefoxUbuntugroovy*
FirefoxUbuntuhirsute*
FirefoxUbuntuimpish*
FirefoxUbuntujammy*
FirefoxUbuntukinetic*
FirefoxUbuntulunar*
FirefoxUbuntutrusty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
FirefoxUbuntuxenial*
ThunderbirdUbuntubionic*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntufocal*
ThunderbirdUbuntugroovy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhirsute*
ThunderbirdUbuntuimpish*
ThunderbirdUbuntujammy*
ThunderbirdUbuntukinetic*
ThunderbirdUbuntulunar*
ThunderbirdUbuntutrusty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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