Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2020 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-16011
Critical 9.6
In plain English
A critical-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 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.6Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 15.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 86.0.4240.183 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/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1144489 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1831 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159975/Chrome-ConvertToJavaBitmap-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISC
- DSA-4824 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN