CVE-2020-6514 Memory corruption in Chrome
An attacker in a privileged network position can exploit heap corruption in WebRTC via a crafted SCTP stream, 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-2020-6514?
CVE-2020-6514 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Ipados, published on 22 Jul 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
Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted SCTP stream.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6514?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Apple Ipados, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Safari, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos, Canonical Ubuntu Linux and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6514?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-6514 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6514 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Ipados
- CVE-2025-43300 Apple iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24201 Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write
- CVE-2025-24085 Apple Multiple Products Use-After-Free
- CVE-2025-31200 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption
- CVE-2025-31201 Apple Multiple Products Arbitrary Read and Write
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6514, GHSA-7vv8-8vrw-6j74, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6514.