CVE-2020-16016: google chrome
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-16016 is a critical (CVSS 9.6) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.6 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6Timeline
- 08-01-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in base in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.193 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.6CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.87%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
59%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.87% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1
Google1 product
- chrome≥ unspecified, < 86.0.4240.193 | < 86.0.4240.193
Ubuntu1 product
- chromium-browser< 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.htmlX Refsource MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
