CVE-2020-15971

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-15971 · Published 03/11/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-15971 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google), backports sle (opensuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 86.0.4240.75 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 86.0.4240.75`	`86.0.4240.75`
backports sle opensuse	`= 15.0`	No fix yet

Description

Use after free in printing in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html · Mailing List
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1114062 · Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M
debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 · Third Party Advisory

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