CVE-2020-6572
Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 July 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.59% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 10.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6572
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1066893Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1066893Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6572US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.