8.1

CVE-2020-16041: google chrome Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-16041DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16041
Published 08-01-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-16041 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.12%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 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-2020:2181-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2213-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2216-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2229-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2359-1

Timeline

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

Description

Out of bounds read in networking in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 2.09% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.12%

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, < 87.0.4280.88 | < 87.0.4280.88
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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