CVE-2020-16040 EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 99.6% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 99.6% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2021-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Chrome 86.0.4240 V8 - Remote Code Execution | 2021-04-06 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1150649
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1150649
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