CVE-2020-16017
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-08 17:50
Modified
2025-02-03 14:20
Severity ?
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/1146709Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/1146709Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: unspecified   < 86.0.4240.198
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017

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