CVE-2020-16040

MEDIUM EXPLOITED

Google Chrome versions before 87.0.4280.88 integer overflow during SimplfiedLowering phase

Title source: metasploit

Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.88 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Exploits (3)

metasploit WORKING POC MANUAL
by Rajvardhan Agarwal (r4j) · rubypoclinux
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/chrome_simplifiedlowering_overflow.rb
vulncheck_xdb NO CODE
client-side
https://github.com/maldev866/ChExp_CVE_2020_16040
exploitdb WORKING POC
by r4j0x00 · javascriptremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49745

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.7694
EPSS Percentile 98.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation Intel

VulnCheck KEV 2026-01-26

Classification

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-20 CWE-787
Status published

Affected Products (1)

google/chrome < 87.0.4280.88

Timeline

Published Jan 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026