CVE-2020-16042 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-16042: Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 26 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-16042 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in87.0.4280.88-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:78.6.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in87.0.4280.88-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:78.6.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in87.0.4280.88-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0esr-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:78.6.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in84.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in78.6.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in84.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in84.0.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

thunderbird→ fixed in78.6.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in84.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

librewolf→ fixed in84.0.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade librewolf

thunderbird→ fixed in78.6.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in84.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in78.6.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in78.6.0-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

firefox→ fixed in84.0.1-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox
```

thunderbird→ fixed in78.6.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade thunderbird

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