CVE-2020-16021 Race condition in Chrome
A race condition in ChromeOS image burner allows remote attackers with compromised browser processes to achieve OS-level privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-16021?
CVE-2020-16021 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16021?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16021?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-16021 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16021 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16021, GHSA-q9gg-5799-8666, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16021.