November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2020-16017 — Google Chrome
Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-11-03- Federal due date
2022-05-03- Vendor
- Product
- Chrome
- EPSS
- 95.8th percentile (score 0.214, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017
CISA short description
Google Chrome contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker, who has compromised the renderer process, to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.