Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6379

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6379

Published: January 17, 2020 / Updated: September 28, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24359
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6379
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the speech recognizer component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
chromium
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6379

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 79.0.3945.130
Microsoft Edge - update to 79.0.3945.130
chromium - addressed in versions 79.0.3945.130-1.el7, 79.0.3945.130-1.el8, 79.0.3945.130-1.fc30, 79.0.3945.130-1.fc31, 80.0.3987.132-1.fc30, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc30
www-client/chromium - update to 80.0.3987.132
www-client/google-chrome - update to 80.0.3987.132

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