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CVE-2020-16042

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% 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-908

Description

Uninitialized Use in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker 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

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1151890
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1151890

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