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CVE-2020-16041

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% 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-125

Description

Out of bounds read in networking in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory 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/161581/Chrome-DataElement-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1151865
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161581/Chrome-DataElement-Out-Of-Bounds-Read.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1151865

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