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CVE-2020-15988

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-11-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to open files to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32, 33
• Google Chrome: before 86.0.4240.75 — fixed in 86.0.4240.75
• openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0-sp2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 86.0.4240.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1092518
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1092518
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/

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