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CVE-2020-6538

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2020-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Inappropriate implementation in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 84.0.4147.105 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 33
• Google Chrome: before 84.0.4147.105 — fixed in 84.0.4147.105

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 84.0.4147.105. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
• https://crbug.com/1096677
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
• https://crbug.com/1096677
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EE7XWIZBME7JAY7N6CGPET4CLNHHEIVT/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824

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