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CVE-2020-6449

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6449 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's audio component prior to version 80.0.3987.149, allowing a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction through a malicious webpage. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed (not in KEV), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention from the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 80.0.3987.149CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 83rd 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-0:80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6449Important

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
packetstormsecurity.com / files/172843/Chrome-WebAudio-Use-After-Free.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
Vendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1059686
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