critical9.6Known exploited
CVE-2020-16017
Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2022-05-03.
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Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | before 86.0.4240.198 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- 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