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CVE-2020-16007
Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate…
High7.8EPSS 0.27%
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- Chrome
Description
Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Insufficient data validation
- CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/1125018 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-4824 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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