Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6466

 

Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6466

Published: May 19, 2020 / Updated: May 19, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28022
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-2020-6466
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 media component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger 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
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6466

Update to version 83.0.4103.61.

Google Chrome - update to 83.0.4103.61
chromium (Debian package) - update to 83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 83.0.4103.106-1.el7, 83.0.4103.106-1.el8, 83.0.4103.106-1.fc31, 83.0.4103.106-1.fc32, 83.0.4103.116-3.el7, 83.0.4103.116-3.el8, 83.0.4103.116-3.fc31, 83.0.4103.116-3.fc32

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