CVE-2020-16040
Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 99.59% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 April 2021
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-190, CWE-787
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 99.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1150649Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1150649Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.