CVE-2020-16007

HIGH 7.8CVE-2020-16007 · Published 03/11/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-16007 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google), backports sle (opensuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 86.0.4240.183 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 86.0.4240.183`	`86.0.4240.183`
backports sle opensuse	`= 15.0`	No fix yet

Description

Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html · Mailing List
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Release Notes
crbug.com/1125018 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

chrome

google

< 86.0.4240.183

86.0.4240.183

backports sle

opensuse

= 15.0

No fix yet

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