Critical 9.6Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Nov 3, 2020

CVE-2020-16010Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.185 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted…

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by May 3, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Heap buffer overflow in UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 86.0.4240.185 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS: 9.6 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-122
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due May 3, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 6.36% (percentile 94)
Assigned by: Chrome
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jan 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Google Chrome google:chrome (from the name)	from unspecified before 86.0.4240.185	CNA record
google chrome google:chrome	before 86.0.4240.185	CISA ADP
google android google:android	all versions	CISA ADP
google chrome google:chrome	before 86.0.4240.185	NVD

References

https://crbug.com/1144368x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/chrome-for-android-update.htmlx-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16010us-government-resource

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