CVE-2020-16017 KEV
9.6
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 86)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.
Description
Use after free in site isolation in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.6 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.75% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-03 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2022-05-03 |
| Vendor / product | Google / Chrome |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome |
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
- https://crbug.com/1146709
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
- https://crbug.com/1146709
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16017
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