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
- Jan 8, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 84.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
3PoC for CVE-2020-16012, a timing side channel in drawImage in Firefox & Chrome
Proof-of-concept for CVE-2020-16012: a side-channel attack recovering pixel data from cross-origin images using timing measurements in Chromium's drawImage API.
PoC for CVE-2020-16012, a timing side channel in drawImage in Firefox & Chrome
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