CVE-2020-6495

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2020 at 10:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:23 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeLeap

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 83.0.4103.97
Affected range stops below 83.0.4103.97, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
https://crbug.com/1072116
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-276

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