CVE-2020-6575 Race condition in Chrome
A race condition in Chrome's Mojo allows a compromised renderer to escape the sandbox and execute code with higher privileges.
- 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-2020-6575?
CVE-2020-6575 is a high-severity 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
Race in Mojo in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6575?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6575?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-6575 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6575 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6575, GHSA-pwv5-j779-c4f3, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6575.