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CVE-2020-6468

31
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
6.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0641 is in the 93rd 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-0:83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6468Important

chromium-browser: Type Confusion in V8

May 19, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1076708
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQYH5OK7O4BU6E37WWG5SEEHV65BFSGR
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFZ5N4EK6I4ZJP5YSKLLVN3ELXEB4XT
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-02
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4714
Third Party Advisory