CVE-2020-16045 Use after free in Chrome
A use-after-free flaw in Chrome's Payments component allows remote attackers to escape the sandbox and execute code via a crafted HTML page.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-16045?
CVE-2020-16045 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 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
Use after Free in Payments in Google Chrome on Android prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16045?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-16045?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16045 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2020-16045 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16045 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-485r-9478-c3ww.