CVE-2020-6450 Use after free in Chrome

High 8.8 Published Updated

A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page in Google Chrome's WebAudio component, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-6450?

CVE-2020-6450 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.162 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6450?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6450?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-6450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6450, GHSA-p2fc-cqh2-7jc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6450.

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