CVE-2020-16032

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1021

Description

Insufficient data validation in sharing in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 87.0.4280.66 — fixed in 87.0.4280.66

How to fix

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

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
https://crbug.com/1136714
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
https://crbug.com/1136714

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