CVE-2020-6549

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.125 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	>= unspecified, < 84.0.4147.125

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159558/Chrome-MediaElementEventListener-UpdateSources-Use-After-Free.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1105426Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159558/Chrome-MediaElementEventListener-UpdateSources-Use-After-Free.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1105426Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 21, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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