Use After Free in Apple macOS
CVE-2020-6496
Use after free in payments in Google Chrome on MacOS prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Vendor Advisory)
- crbug.com/1085990 (Permissions Required)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6496?
- CVE-2020-6496 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-06-03.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6496?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.