CVE-2020-16023

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416CWE-787

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome>= unspecified, < 87.0.4280.66

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2020-16023: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix