CVE-2020-6539 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 84.0.4147.105, specifically affecting the CSS component. This flaw allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a specially crafted HTML page, impacting Google Chrome and various Debian and Fedora distributions. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 84.0.4147.105CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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