CVE-2020-6505

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in speech in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.106 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 83.0.4103.106 — fixed in 83.0.4103.106

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 83.0.4103.106. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://crbug.com/1081350
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-08
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://crbug.com/1081350
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-08

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