CVE-2020-6418

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.122 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

• CWE-843
• CWE-843

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156632/Google-Chrome-80-JSCreate-Side-Effect-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0738Third Party Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://crbug.com/1053604Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/Release Notes
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/Release Notes
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156632/Google-Chrome-80-JSCreate-Side-Effect-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0738Third Party Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://crbug.com/1053604Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/Release Notes
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/Release Notes
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6418US Government Resource

Published

Feb 27, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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