{"id":"CVE-2020-6406","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-6406","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:22:36.999Z","title":"Use after free in audio in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.","description":"Use after free in audio in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.","published":"2020-02-11T15:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:23:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["google/chrome","fedoraproject/fedora","debian/debian linux","suse/package hub","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.0185,"percentile":0.78957,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.85%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1042254","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/1042254","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3B5RWJQD5LA45MYLLR55KZJOJ5NVZGP/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-08","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4638","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6406","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}