Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6496

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6496

Published: June 3, 2020 / Updated: June 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28551
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-2020-6496
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 payments 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
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6496

Update to version 83.0.4103.97.

Google Chrome - update to 83.0.4103.97
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

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