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CVE-2020-6462

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6462 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 81.0.4044.129, impacting Debian and Google Chrome products. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page to achieve a sandbox escape, assuming they had already compromised the renderer process. With a CVSS score of 9.6, it carries a high risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 81.0.4044.129CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 836 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 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-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6462Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling

Apr 27, 2020

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1064891
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202005-13
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4714
Third Party Advisory