CVE-2020-16017 — Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2020-16017

CVE-2020-16017: Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Google
Product	Chrome
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2022-05-03
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Google Chrome contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker, who has compromised the renderer process, to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog