CVE-2020-16005 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, specifically an insufficient policy enforcement issue within ANGLE prior to version 86.0.4240.183, which could lead to heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, this CVE was actively exploited as a zero-day at the time of its discovery, garnering significant media attention and community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.