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CVE-2020-6545

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6545 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the audio component of Google Chrome versions prior to 84.0.4147.125, affecting various Chrome and Debian/Fedora distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (KEV, Metasploit, ExploitDB are empty), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 84.0.4147.125CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0137 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:84.0.4147.135-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6545Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in audio

Aug 10, 2020

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1095584
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-30
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4824
Third Party Advisory