CVE-2020-6572: Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability

High severity · published Jan 14, 2021

CVE-2020-6572

Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability

In wildKEV

8.8

CVSS

10.6%

EPSS

Yes

On KEV

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildYes

CISA KEVListed Jan 10, 2022

Federal remediation dueJul 10, 2022

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Chrome · Google

before 81.0.4044.92 · source: vendor, NVD

Chrome Media · Google

All versions, or not specified · source: KEV

Affected product

Chrome

Google

All Chrome CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6572

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6572

CISA KEV catalogue

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

x_refsource_MISC

https://crbug.com/1066893

x_refsource_MISC

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.html