{
    "id": "CVE-2020-16040",
    "published": "2021-01-08 19:15:14",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:57:41",
    "cvss_score": "6.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.99595",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99946",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:26:50",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "google",
            "product": "chrome"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "49745",
            "title": "Google Chrome 86.0.4240 V8 - Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2021-04-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49745"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}