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CVE-2020-16028

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-16028 is a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in WebRTC within Google Chrome prior to version 87.0.4280.66, allowing remote attackers to potentially corrupt memory via a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 87.0.4280.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 58th 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

Vendor Patches (2)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: chromium-browser

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-16028Moderate

chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC

Nov 17, 2020

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1138446
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory