CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-16017

9.6 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2021-01-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Google Chrome

Google Chrome contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker, who has compromised the renderer process, to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017
Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-01-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-416

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.

Affected configurations

• google chrome (< 86.0.4240.198)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References