CVE-2020-16009 (GCVE-0-2020-16009)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-03 02:21
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Inappropriate implementation
Summary
Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2021-11-03
Due date: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16009
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