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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-16042 json

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from p…

published 2021-01-08 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-8009

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 87.0.4280.88
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 87.0.4280.88-0.1
  • firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 78.6.0esr-1
  • thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:78.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16042

  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16042

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  • thunderbird RHEL 7 78.6.0-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 8 78.6.0-1.el8_3
  • firefox RHEL 8 78.6.0-1.el8_3
  • firefox RHEL 7 78.6.0-1.el7_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.0 E4S 78.6.0-1.el8_0
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.1 EUS 78.6.0-1.el8_1
  • thunderbird RHEL 8.2 EUS 78.6.0-1.el8_2
  • firefox RHEL 8.2 EUS 78.6.0-1.el8_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:5645RHSA-2020:5644RHSA-2020:5618RHSA-2020:5622RHSA-2020:5624RHSA-2020:5562

  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP2 78.6.0-8.3.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +15 more 78.6.0-112.39.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 78.6.0-3.122.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 78.6.0-8.20.2
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 78.6.0-3.113.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 78.6.0-78.108.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3935-1SUSE-SU-2020:3903-1SUSE-SU-2020:3902-1SUSE-SU-2020:3901-1SUSE-SU-2020:3900-1SUSE-SU-2020:14584-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.2 NonFree 73.0.3856.284-lp152.2.27.1
  • opera openSUSE Leap 15.1 NonFree 73.0.3856.284-lp151.2.39.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 15.1 78.6.0-lp151.2.82.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2360-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +9 more 84.0.1-r0
  • mozjs78 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +1 more 78.6.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 84.0.1-r0
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +9 more 78.6.0-r0
  • thunderbird Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 78.6.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-16042

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  • thunderbird Arch Linux 78.6.0-1
  • chromium Arch Linux 87.0.4280.88-1
  • firefox Arch Linux 84.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1315AVG-1323AVG-1362

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-16042 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Uninitialized Use in V8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) firefox 78.6.0-1.el8_3, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el8_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5562
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) firefox 78.6.0-1.el8_0, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el8_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5565
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) firefox 78.6.0-1.el8_1, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el8_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) firefox 78.6.0-1.el8_2, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el8_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5563
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9, thunderbird 78.6.0-1.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 78.6.0-1.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5561

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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