CVE-2020-16017

CriticalCVSS 9.6/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome>= unspecified, < 86.0.4240.198

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV
Nov 3, 2021
NVD status
Analyzed

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CVE-2020-16017: Critical severity, CVSS 9.6 | Vulnix