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CVE-2020-6572 kev in the critical feed json

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.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-27721

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-01-10
epss
10.6%
EPSS 10.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 81.0.4044.92
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 81.0.4044.92-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6572

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 89.0.4389.82-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6572

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Timeline

  1. Found exploited as a 0-day (Project Zero)
  2. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  3. Published
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. CISA patch deadline
  6. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-07-10 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chrome Media
CISA name
Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Found
2020-04-01
Patched
2020-04-07
Details
project zero root cause analysis

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

10.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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