Threats / Google / CVE-2020-16013
CVE-2020-16013
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Google Chromium V8 vulnerability
Google Chromium V8 contains a heap corruption vulnerability allowing remote attackers to exploit browsers via crafted HTML pages. Affects Chrome, Edge, Opera and other Chromium-based browsers.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
Out-of-bounds write in V8 engine enables remote code execution through malicious web content. Exploitation observed in the wild. Impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected browser users.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
2 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.02826 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Google, Chromium V8. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Craft a malicious HTML page that triggers heap corruption in the V8 JavaScript engine
Business
User browsing the web encounters compromised site and browser process is exploited
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Achieve arbitrary code execution within the browser's renderer process context
Business
Attacker gains ability to steal user data, install malware, or pivot to system compromise
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Exfiltrate sensitive information or establish persistence on the victim's machine
Business
Organization faces data breach, credential theft, or endpoint compromise across user base
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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