CVE-2020-6548 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can execute arbitrary code via heap corruption in Skia using a crafted HTML page.
- 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-2020-6548?
CVE-2020-6548 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Sep 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
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.125 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6548?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6548?
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-2020-6548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6548, GHSA-jjhp-q6qv-36g4, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6548.