CVE-2020-6572 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Media component (prior to version 81.0.4044.92) that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted HTML page. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit intelligence tools.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 81.0.4044.92CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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