CVE-2020-16040

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20 CWE-190 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	>= unspecified, < 87.0.4280.88

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlBroken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1150649Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162087/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlBroken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162106/Google-Chrome-86.0.4240-V8-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162144/Google-Chrome-SimplfiedLowering-Integer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1150649Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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