VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-16021

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability0.64%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-01-08

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Primary references

chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory