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CVE-2020-16040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 99.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

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

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1150649
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1150649

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