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CVE-2020-16017

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.

CVSS 9.6 · CriticalBuzz score 50.9KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 50.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
17.9
5 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
5 source links · newest first
  • Google has addressed a new zero-day flaw in its Chrome browser that has been actively exploited in the wild, the second one within a month Google has fixed a new actively exploited zero-day in its Chrome browser, this is the second zero-day issue addressed by the IT giant within a month. The flaw, tracked as […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMar 15, 2021, 8:13 AM
  • Google has addressed an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21148, with the release of the Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version. Google released Chrome 88.0.4324.150 version that addressed an actively exploited zero-day security vulnerability. The vulnerability is a Heap buffer overflow that resides in the V8, which is an open-source high-performance JavaScript and WebAssembly engine, written in C++. The flaw […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comFeb 4, 2021, 11:51 PM
  • Google has released another update for Chrome 86 to patch two more zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 12, 2020, 12:08 PM
  • Google addresses two new Chrome zero-day flawsSecurity Affairs

    Google has released Chrome version 86.0.4240.198 that addresses two additional zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild. Google has addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities, actively exploited in the wild, with the release of Chrome version 86.0.4240.198. The IT giant has fixed a total of five Chrome zero-day vulnerabilities in only three weeks. Both zero-day flaws, […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comNov 12, 2020, 8:09 AM
  • Slightly over a week ago we advised you to update your Chrome browser. That warning came only a week or so…

    newswww.malwarebytes.comNov 11, 2020, 5:00 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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