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FKIE_CVE-2020-16021

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-01-08 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:57

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
chrome-cve-admin@google.com	https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.com	https://crbug.com/1139414	Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://crbug.com/1139414	Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	google	chrome	*
	google	chrome_os	-

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CVE-2020-16021 (GCVE-0-2020-16021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-08 17:51 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:30

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Race

Assigner

Chrome Google root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/sta…	x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/1139414	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Google	Chrome	Affected: unspecified , < 87.0.4280.66 (custom)

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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