google chrome CVE-2020-16017 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome
Published on January 8, 2021

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.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Google Chrome Site Isolation Component Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-16017 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2020-16017 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-16017

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