Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2020 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-15996
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 41.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Use after free in passwords in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/chrome-for-android-update_31.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1133635 x_refsource_MISC