CVE-2020-6512 describes a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 84.0.4147.89, as well as various Linux distributions like Debian and Fedora. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 84.0.4147.89CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.