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CVE-2020-6492

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 83.0.4103.97 — fixed in 83.0.4103.97

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 83.0.4103.97. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1078375
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1078375

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