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CVE-2020-16017GHSA-GVQV-779R-4JGP

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

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 86.0.4240.198, 86.0.241
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Google Chrome web browser is affected, specifically its site isolation feature. A remote attacker who had already compromised the browser's renderer process could potentially escape the sandbox and gain further access to the system through a specially crafted web page.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    From unspecified · fixed in 86.0.4240.198

  • CefSharp.CommonNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.WpfNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.WinFormsNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

  • CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHostNuGet

    fixed in 86.0.241

References 2

chromereleases.googleblog.com

crbug.com