What is CVE-2020-6382?

CVE-2020-6382 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2020-6382?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-6382 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2020-6382

Type confusion in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

EPSS: 0.023 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31
Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 6.0
Suse Linux_enterprise — versions 12.0
Suse Package_hub

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6382?: CVE-2020-6382 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2020-6382?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-6382 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.