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November 3, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group

CVE-2020-16017 — Google Chrome

Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2022-05-03
Vendor
Google
Product
Chrome
EPSS
84.5th percentile (score 0.027, as of 2026-07-13)
NVD CVSS v3.1
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Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16017

CISA short description

Google Chrome contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker, who has compromised the renderer process, to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.