CVE-2020-16021: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 87.0.4280.66 (fixed in 87.0.4280.66)

Published 2021-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.