CVE-2020-15969

Publication date 7 October 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mozjs52 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
chromium-browser 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 86.0.4240.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 82.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs38 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs60 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
mozjs68 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 1:78.4.3+build1-0ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:78.5.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
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

tyhicks

mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4599-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 23 October 2020
    • USN-4599-2
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 26 October 2020
    • USN-4647-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 25 November 2020

Other references