Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2020-6522
Inappropriate implementation in external protocol handlers in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor 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_GENTOO)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6522?
- CVE-2020-6522 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2020-07-22.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6522?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.