CVE-2020-16013
Google Chromium V8 Incorrect Implementation Vulnerabililty
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.76% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16013
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1147206Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1147206Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16013US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.