Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6384

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6384

Published: February 21, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25506
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-2020-6384
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 in WebAudio 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.

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Affected software

Google Chrome
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6384

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 80.0.3987.116
chromium (Debian package) - update to 80.0.3987.132-1~deb10u1
chromium - addressed in versions 80.0.3987.132-1.el8, 80.0.3987.132-1.fc30, 80.0.3987.132-1.fc31, 80.0.3987.149-1.el8, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc30, 80.0.3987.162-1.el8, 80.0.3987.163-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-2.el8, 81.0.4044.122-1.el8, 81.0.4044.138-1.el8

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