CVE-2020-16017

high KEV
Published 2020-11-27 · Modified 2021-11-03
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

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.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Google
Product
Chrome
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16017

Exploits

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed86.0.4240.198-1
debian debianbookwormfixed87.0.4280.88-0.1
debian debianbullseyefixed87.0.4280.88-0.1
debian debianforkyfixed87.0.4280.88-0.1
debian debiansidfixed87.0.4280.88-0.1
debian debiantrixiefixed87.0.4280.88-0.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
nuget NuGetCefSharp.Common<86.0.24186.0.241
nuget NuGetCefSharp.Wpf<86.0.24186.0.241
nuget NuGetCefSharp.WinForms<86.0.24186.0.241
nuget NuGetCefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost<86.0.24186.0.241

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.