CVE-2020-6462
Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.129 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.129 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.40% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1064891Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1064891Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.