CVE-2020-16021 — Race Condition in Google Chrome

CWE-362 — Race Condition6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 87.0.4280.66
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 87.0.4280.66
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q9gg-5799-8666: Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-16021: Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87↗2021-01-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-16021↗2020-11-17
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Race in ImageBurner↗2020-11-17
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Debian
CVE-2020-16021: chromium - Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed ...↗2020
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