CVE-2020-6462 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents7 sources
Severity
9.6CRITICALNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Google ChromeChromiumCairographics Cairo+3 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 21
Latest updateMay 24

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 81.0.4044.129
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 81.0.4044.129
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 83.0.4103.83-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 83.0.4103.83-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-xr96-h2wc-75jf: Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81↗2022-05-24
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OSV
cairo vulnerabilities↗2022-05-10
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OSV
CVE-2020-6462: Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81↗2020-05-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-6462↗2020-04-27
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling↗2020-04-27
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Debian
CVE-2020-6462: chromium - Use after free in task scheduling in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.129 allowe...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6462 chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling↗2020-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6461 CVE-2020-6462 chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2020-04-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-6461 CVE-2020-6462 chromium: various flaws [epel-all]↗2020-04-28
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