CVE-2020-16010

9.6 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: November 03, 2020 Modified: October 24, 2025

Description

Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.185 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/chrome-for-android-update.html

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Vendor Advisory

https://crbug.com/1144368

Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/chrome-for-android-update.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://crbug.com/1144368

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16010

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

US Government Resource

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.6 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

26.3%

96th percentile

Exploitation Status

Actively Exploited

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787 CWE-122

Affected Vendors

google

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