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CVE-2020-6514

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted SCTP stream.

Affected products

• Apple iPadOS: before 13.6 — fixed in 13.6
• Apple Iphone Os: before 13.6 — fixed in 13.6
• Apple Safari: before 13.1.2 — fixed in 13.1.2
• Apple tvOS: before 13.4.8 — fixed in 13.4.8
• Apple watchOS: before 6.2.8 — fixed in 6.2.8
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 31, 32
• Google Chrome: before 84.0.4147.89 — fixed in 84.0.4147.89
• openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0-sp1, 15.0-sp2
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 13.6; Apple Iphone Os 13.6; Apple Safari 13.1.2; Apple tvOS 13.4.8; Apple watchOS 6.2.8; Google Chrome 84.0.4147.89. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00069.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00008.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00018.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00032.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00041.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158697/WebRTC-usrsctp-Incorrect-Call.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1076703

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