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CVE-2020-6509

Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious…

Critical9.6EPSS 0.81%
Published
Updated
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Chrome

Description

Use after free in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.116 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-6509, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Critical9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.81% · top 43% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.

Weakness

Affected products

References (4)

Sources

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