CVE-2020-6496 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome on macOS, affecting versions prior to 83.0.4103.97, as well as products from Apple, Debian, and OpenSUSE. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially achieve a sandbox escape by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8, the vulnerability poses a significant risk of high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit/Nuclei modules are available, and it's not listed on the KEV catalog, there has been some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 83.0.4103.97CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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