CVE-2020-6572

Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

High8.8Known exploitedEPSS 10.6%

Published: 14 Jan 2021
Updated: 12 Jan 2026
Reserved: 8 Jan 2020
Assigned by: Chrome

Description

Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability.

Added: 10 Jan 2022
Fix due (US federal): 10 Jul 2022
Used by ransomware: Not known

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Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2020-6572, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)	3.1	High8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed	3.1	High8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 10.6% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

Use after free
CWE-416 Use After Free (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-416 and its CVEs

Affected products

Google · Chrome
- affected unspecified – < 81.0.4044.92

References (3)

https://crbug.com/1066893 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6572 (opens in a new tab)government-resource

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 12 Jan 2026, 20:35 UTC.