CVE-2020-16019 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2020-16019?

CVE-2020-16019 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 8 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in filesystem in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to bypass noexec restrictions via a malicious file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16019?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16019?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-16019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16019, GHSA-g442-vq7g-fmrc, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16019.