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MEDIUM
CVE-2020-16040
Google Chrome V8 Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 8, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-16040 has a 13 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-2020-16040 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 Google chrome
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-16040.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1150649 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

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).

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ernestang98/exploits

None

C++ Python C JavaScript HTML ActionScript WebAssembly

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 24, 2024, 4:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.
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hktalent/bug-bounty

bounty collection

Shell Python Dockerfile Ruby JavaScript ASP.NET Classic ASP HTML PHP Jupyter Notebook

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
28 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Sept. 11, 2023, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.
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anvbis/trivialize

A tool for javascript engine proof-of-concept simplification.

Python C JavaScript Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2023, 8:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ret2eax/exploits

This repository contains multiple exploits I have written for various CVEs and CTFs

ctf-challenges ctf-writeups cve exploit-development exploits poc vulnerability

JavaScript HTML Python Ruby

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
24 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 1, 2023, 10:38 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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anvbis/chrome_v8_ndays

Chrome V8 n-day exploits that I've written.

JavaScript

Updated: 5 days, 19 hours ago
118 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2022, 3:04 a.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.
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ret2eax/ret2eax

Config files for my GitHub profile.

config github-config

Updated: 2 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 7, 2022, 2:39 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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SexyBeast233/SecBooks

安全类各家文库大乱斗

HTML CSS JavaScript Go Python Shell C

Updated: 2 days, 12 hours ago
962 stars 238 fork 238 watcher
Born at : Feb. 15, 2022, 3:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 568 different CVEs too.
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singularseclab/Browser_Exploits

A collection of browser exploitation codes from Singular Security Lab.

JavaScript HTML Go

Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago
181 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 26, 2021, 6:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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joydo/CVE-Writeups

My Personal Reading lists for CVE Writeups

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
32 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2021, 1:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.
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oneoy/exploits1

None

JavaScript HTML C Makefile

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 13, 2021, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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Wi1L-Y/News

Some security news I am interested in

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2021, 1:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.
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r4j0x00/exploits

None

HTML JavaScript C Makefile

Updated: 6 days, 4 hours ago
2493 stars 681 fork 681 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2020, 5:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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yuvaly0/exploits

None

C Python HTML JavaScript

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
30 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : July 31, 2020, 8:37 a.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-2020-16040 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-16040 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
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-787 CWE-190 CWE-20 CWE-787
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1150649 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory https://crbug.com/1150649 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 07, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 06, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2021

    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:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1150649 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/1150649 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 87.0.4280.88
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-2020-16040 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-2020-16040 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow
Exploit Prediction

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

37.46 }} 7.21%

score

0.97271

percentile

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