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CVE-2020-16016

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Inappropriate implementation in base in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.193 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 86.0.4240.193 — fixed in 86.0.4240.193

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 86.0.4240.193. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
• https://crbug.com/1146679
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
• https://crbug.com/1146679

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