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CVE-2020-6428

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6428 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's audio component, affecting versions prior to 80.0.3987.149, as well as various Linux distributions like Debian and Fedora. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation could result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 80.0.3987.149CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6428Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in audio

Mar 18, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00028.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00037.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
Vendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1057593
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DDNOAGIX5D77TTHT6YPMVJ5WTXTCQEI
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWANFIR3PYAL5RJQ4AO3ZS2DYMSF2ZGZ
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-53
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4645
Third Party Advisory