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CVE-2020-16017

UNKNOWN
Published 2021-01-08T17:50:08.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.6
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.675
Higher than 67.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Google

Chrome

Affected Versions:

unspecified

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild

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Remediation Status

Overdue

Due Date

May 3, 2022

Added to KEV

November 3, 2021

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Product

Vendor/Project: Google
Product: Chrome

Ransomware Risk

Known Ransomware Use
KEV Catalog Version: 2025.01.24 Released: January 24, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Use after free in CefSharp

GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp

Advisory Details

CVE-2020-16017: Use after free in site isolation - https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16017 Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017 exist in the wild. There is currently little to no public information on the issue other than it has been flagged as `High` severity.

Affected Packages

NuGet CefSharp.Common
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <86.0.241
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <86.0.241
NuGet CefSharp.WinForms
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <86.0.241
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <86.0.241

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

References

WEB https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017
WEB https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
WEB https://crbug.com/1146709

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 27, 2020, Modified: November 27, 2020

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
https://crbug.com/1146709
Published: 2021-01-08T17:50:08.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-03T14:20:58.145Z
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