Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6460

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Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6460

Published: April 22, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27116
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-2020-6460
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in URL formatting. A remote attacker can trick a victim to click on a specially crafted URL and compromise the affected system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Arch 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
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6460

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 81.0.4044.122
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 81.0.4044.122-1.el6_10
chromium (Debian package) - update to 83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1
chromium - addressed in versions 81.0.4044.122-1.el7, 81.0.4044.122-1.el8, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc30, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc31, 81.0.4044.122-1.fc32, 81.0.4044.138-1.el7, 81.0.4044.138-1.el8, 81.0.4044.138-1.fc31

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