CVE-2020-6496

HIGH
8.8
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· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Use after free in payments in Google Chrome on MacOS prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

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
apple-macos (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html
x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
https://crbug.com/1085990
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
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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