Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6498

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6498

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28553
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6498
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in progress display in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.


Affected software

Google Chrome
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6498

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

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