CVE-2020-6473

Public Exploit

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.45% Top 25%
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Affected: Google Chrome
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html release notes vendor advisory
https://crbug.com/1049510 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQYH5OK7O4BU6E37WWG5SEEHV65BFSGR/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFZ5N4EK6I4ZJP5YSKLLVN3ELXEB4XT/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-6473?
CVE-2020-6473 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-6473?
To fix CVE-2020-6473, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-6473 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-6473 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-6473?
CVE-2020-6473 affects Google Chrome.
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