CVE-2020-6515 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the tab strip component of Google Chrome prior to version 84.0.4147.89, also affecting Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to heap corruption with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community attention with 3 mentions and 3 media articles, suggesting awareness within the security community.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.