Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2020-15998

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had...

8.8 High

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.74%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2020-15998
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2020-15998
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7969 No score

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Record
EUVD-2020-7969
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-77rh-rhf3-j265 No score

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had...

Use after free in USB in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.99 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Record
GHSA-77rh-rhf3-j265
Weakness
CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-15998 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published November 3, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

MoveEnter Open