CVE-2020-6418 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 80.0.3987.122, as well as products from Debian, Fedora Project, and Red Hat. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. This vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild, with exploit code publicly available in Metasploit and extensive community discussion and media coverage confirming its severity and widespread attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 80.0.3987.122CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.