CVE-2020-16012

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Side-channel information leakage in graphics in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 87.0.4280.66 — fixed in 87.0.4280.66
Mozilla Firefox: before 83.0 — fixed in 83.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 87.0.4280.66; Mozilla Firefox 83.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
https://crbug.com/1088224
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
https://crbug.com/1088224

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