VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2020-6572
Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 8.8EPSS 10.6%
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
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 January 2022 · due 10 July 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
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. Refreshed daily.