8.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-16002
Google Chrome PDFium Use-After-Free Arbitrary Heap Corruption
Description

Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 3, 2020, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:18 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-16002 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-16002 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
1 Opensuse backports_sle

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
54 stars 12 fork 12 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
23 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Jan. 8, 2022, 7:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-16002 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-16002 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-416 CWE-416 CWE-787
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1137630 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory https://crbug.com/1137630 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html Third Party Advisory https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1137630 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/1137630 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 86.0.4240.111
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-16002 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-16002 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.05 }} 0.13%

score

0.84366

percentile

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