# CVE-2020-16017

Use after free in site isolation in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.198 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-16017
- CVSS: 9.6
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03
- EPSS: 2.73% (percentile 86.3)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-03)
- Weakness: CWE-416
- Also known as: GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp
- Published: 2021-01-08

## Affected versions

- Google Chrome: affected < 86.0.4240.198

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
- [other] https://crbug.com/1146709
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16017

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