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CVE-2020-16017

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)CRITICAL

9.6

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score85.8800%

EPSS Percentile86.68th

PublishedJan 8, 2021

Last ModifiedOct 24, 2025

Vulnerability Description

Use after free in site isolation in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Google

Chrome

< 86.0.4240.198

References & Advisories

🔗 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html

🔗 https://crbug.com/1146709

🔗 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html

🔗 https://crbug.com/1146709

🔗 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16017

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