CVE-2020-16038

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% 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-416

Description

Use after free in media in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 87.0.4280.88 — fixed in 87.0.4280.88

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 87.0.4280.88. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1138683
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1138683

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