CVE-2020-6468 is a high-severity type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 83.0.4103.61, as well as various Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE distributions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), successful exploitation could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention despite its inactive status on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 83.0.4103.61CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.