What is CVE-2020-16012?

CVE-2020-16012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-16012?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-16012 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2020-16012

Side-channel information leakage in graphics in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2021-01-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.026 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified
Mozilla Firefox

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1088224 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16012?: CVE-2020-16012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-16012?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-16012 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.