CVE-2020-16009

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.483 · 99 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP0 · Act now
Exploitable?
Yes · in the wild
CISA KEV
Likely / severe?
48.3% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 6.8 · medium
Is it mine?
27 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

Inappropriate implementation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.17.3highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-843USprimaryCWE-787USCWE-787USCWE-787US
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affected products (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 27
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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-m7mf-48hp-5qmrInappropriate implementation in V82020-12-02ghsa · osvUS

    CVE-2020-16009: Inappropriate implementation in V8 - https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16009 Google is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16009 exist in the wild. Allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. There is currently little to no public information on the issue other than it has been flagged as `High` severity.

  • ICSA-23-264-05Rockwell Automation Connected Components Workbench2023-09-21icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-11-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (36)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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