CVE-2020-6462
CRITICAL
9.6
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2020 at 03:46 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxChrome
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Severity
CRITICAL9.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.129 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.htmlx_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/1064891Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-13Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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