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CVE-2020-6409

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6409 describes an inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome's Omnibox, affecting versions prior to 80.0.3987.87. This vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions by convincing a user to enter a URI with a crafted domain name, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is reported, the vulnerability received some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 80.0.3987.87CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:80.0.3987.87-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6409Low

chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox

Feb 4, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0514
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Vendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1037889
Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-08
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4638