Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2020-16017

Google Chrome Use-After-Free Vulnerability

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.

CheckOps priority index
5.7/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity9.6
Probability0.3
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 2.7% higher than 86.1% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 9.6 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,826 days 03 Nov 2021
CISA due date 03 May 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)03 Nov 2021
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)03 Nov 2021
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %2.7%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Chrome
Affected versions
  • unspecified <86.0.4240.198
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

References

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  • CVE-2026-87491Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-85046Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-11645Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-5281Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    6.3 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities