Critical severity · published Jan 8, 2021
CVE-2020-16017
Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability
In wildKEV
9.6
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Nov 3, 2021
Federal remediation dueMay 3, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 86.0.4240.198 · source: vendor, NVD, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16017
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
x_refsource_MISC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/1146709
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