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Critical · 9.6 Known exploited CVE-2020-16017 EUVD-2020-1456GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp

Use after free in CefSharp

Published Jan 8, 2021 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by Chrome

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Chrome unspecified – < 86.0.4240.198 86.0.4240.198

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 —
Debian 13 chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 —
Debian 12 chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 —
Debian 10 chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1 DSA-4824-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 6 chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-1.el6_10 RHSA-2020:5165
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 chromium 86.0.4240.198-bp152.2.29.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2016-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:1929-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 chromium 86.0.4240.198-bp151.3.128.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2013-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:1943-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:1929-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed chromium 93.0.4577.82-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 chromium 86.0.4240.198-bp152.2.29.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1929-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 opera 72.0.3815.400-lp152.2.24.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2178-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 chromium 86.0.4240.198-bp152.2.29.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1929-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 opera 72.0.3815.400-lp152.2.24.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2178-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet CefSharp.Common < 86.0.241 86.0.241 GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp
NuGet CefSharp.WinForms < 86.0.241 86.0.241 GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf < 86.0.241 86.0.241 GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost < 86.0.241 86.0.241 GHSA-gvqv-779r-4jgp

Advisories 10

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