VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-6509
Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
CRITICAL 9.6EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
- 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
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00040.htmlBroken Link
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1092308Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-08Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00040.htmlBroken Link
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1092308Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-08Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.