CVE-2020-16021

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-16021: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix