CVE-2020-6460

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient data validation in URL formatting in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.122 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted domain name.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
Google Chrome: before 81.0.4044.122 — fixed in 81.0.4044.122

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 81.0.4044.122. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://crbug.com/1063566
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://crbug.com/1063566
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714

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