Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202012-14

Severity: High
Date : 2020-12-09
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-16037 CVE-2020-16038 CVE-2020-16039 CVE-2020-16040
CVE-2020-16041 CVE-2020-16042
Package : chromium
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1323

Summary

The package chromium before version 87.0.4280.88-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including arbitrary code execution, information
disclosure, insufficient validation and denial of service.

Resolution

Upgrade to 87.0.4280.88-1.

pacman -Syu “chromium>=87.0.4280.88-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 87.0.4280.88.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2020-16037 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the clipboard
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

• CVE-2020-16038 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the media component
of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

• CVE-2020-16039 (arbitrary code execution)

A use after free security issue has been found in the extensions
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

• CVE-2020-16040 (insufficient validation)

An insufficient data validation security issue has been found in the V8
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

• CVE-2020-16041 (denial of service)

An out of bounds read security issue has been found in the networking
component of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88.

• CVE-2020-16042 (information disclosure)

An uninitialized use security issue has been found in the V8 component
of the chromium browser before version 87.0.4280.88 and Firefox before
84.0.

Impact

A remote attacker might be able to crash the application, read memory
or execute arbitrary code.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1142331
https://crbug.com/1138683
https://crbug.com/1149177
https://crbug.com/1150649
https://crbug.com/1151865
https://crbug.com/1151890
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/#CVE-2020-16042
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1679003
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16037
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16038
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16039
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16040
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16041
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-16042