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CVE-2020-6497

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Omnibox in Google Chrome on iOS prior to 83.0.4103.88 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted URI.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Google Chrome: before 83.0.4103.88 — fixed in 83.0.4103.88

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 83.0.4103.88. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1069246
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1069246
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714

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