CVE-2020-6377 json
Use after free in audio in Google Chrome prior to 79.0.3945.117 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a craf…
published 2020-01-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-27527
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.5%
- EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Use after free in audio in Google Chrome prior to 79.0.3945.117 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Patch / fix
- Google Chrome 79.0.3945.117
- chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 79.0.3945.130-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6377
- chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 79.0.3945.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 79.0.3945.130-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6377
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 79.0.3945.117-1.el6_10
red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0084
- chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
- chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
- chromium Package Hub 15 SP1 79.0.3945.117-bp151.3.53.3
- re2 Package Hub 15 SP1 20200101-bp151.6.12.1
- chromium Package Hub 15 SP1 79.0.3945.117-bp151.3.47.1
- re2 Package Hub 15 SP1 20200101-bp151.6.6.1
- chromium openSUSE Leap 15.1 79.0.3945.117-lp151.2.57.2
- re2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 20200101-lp151.10.6.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0053-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0009-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0006-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0004-1
- crbug.com/1029462 advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2020-6377 updated cvss 8.8
chromium-browser: Use after free in audio
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 79.0.3945.117-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 79.0.3945.117-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 79.0.3945.117-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 79.0.3945.117-1.el6_10fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0084
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Exploit prediction
1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- crbug.com https://crbug.com/1029462 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Google Chrome
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-416 Use After Free
- Technology feeds
References
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crbug.com
/1029462
exploit, issue-tracking, patch, vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00004.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00007.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PSUXNEUS6N42UJNQVCQSTSM6CSW2REPG/
vendor-advisory
-
access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2020:0084
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00023.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N5CIQCVS6E3ULJCNU7YJXJPO2BLQZDTK/
vendor-advisory
-
debian.org
/security/2020/dsa-4606
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/202003-08
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
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chromereleases.googleblog.com
/2020/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
vendor-advisory
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seclists.org
/bugtraq/2020/Jan/27
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-6377
- NVD CVE-2020-6377
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