CVE-2020-16009: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 8.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 48.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Cefsharp Cefsharp: before 86.0.241 (fixed in 86.0.241)
• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 32 only; version 33 only
• Google Chrome: before 86.0.4240.183 (fixed in 86.0.4240.183)
• Microsoft Edge: before 86.0.622.63 (fixed in 86.0.622.63)
• Microsoft Edge Chromium: before 86.0.4240.183 (fixed in 86.0.4240.183)
• Opensuse Backports Sle: version 15.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only; version 15.2 only

Published 2020-11-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.