CVE-2020-6572
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-01-14 20:55
Modified
2025-02-04 15:02
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/1066893Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/1066893Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: unspecified   < 81.0.4044.92
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-01-10

Due date: 2022-07-10

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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