CVE-2020-6492 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in ANGLE within Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 83.0.4103.97. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to achieve a sandbox escape through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 9.6, it presents a high severity risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its EPSS score is low, and there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 83.0.4103.97CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.