CVE-2020-16042
Publication date 15 December 2020
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| firefox | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 84.0+build3-0ubuntu2
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| thunderbird | ||
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1:78.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
alexmurray
The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4671-1
- Firefox vulnerabilities
- 15 December 2020
- USN-4701-1
- Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- 20 January 2021