CVE-2020-16040: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 99.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 87.0.4280.88 (fixed in 87.0.4280.88)

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