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CVE-2020-16004

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16004 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's user interface, affecting Debian, Fedora, Google, and OpenSUSE products. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page to potentially cause heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability was actively exploited as a zero-day, as indicated by media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit code or Metasploit/Nuclei modules. It garnered notable community discussion and media attention, suggesting its importance to security professionals.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 86.0.4240.183CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-16004Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in user interface

Nov 2, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1138911
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S4XYJ7B6OXHZNYSA5J3DBUOFEC6WCAGW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202011-12
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4824
Third Party Advisory