7.5

CVE-2020-16021: google chrome Race Condition

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-16021DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16021
Published 08-01-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16021 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Race Condition vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.64%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8
DSA-4824-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2010-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2012-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2021-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2026-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2032-1

Timeline

  1. 08-01-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.63% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.64%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 87.0.4280.66 | < 87.0.4280.66
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 87.0.4280.66-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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