{"id":"CVE-2020-16017","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-16017","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:17:12.989Z","title":"Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability","description":"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.","published":"2021-01-08T19:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:57:39.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.6,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["google/chrome"],"epss":{"score":0.0273,"percentile":0.86006,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2021-11-03","dueDate":"2022-05-03","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1146709","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1146709","tags":["Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16017","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}