CVE-2020-6496

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-6496 · Published 03/06/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-6496 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google), backports sle (opensuse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 83.0.4103.97 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 83.0.4103.97`	`83.0.4103.97`
backports sle opensuse	`= 15.0`	No fix yet

Description

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

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html · Mailing List
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · Vendor Advisory
crbug.com/1085990 · Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

chrome

google

< 83.0.4103.97

83.0.4103.97

backports sle

opensuse

= 15.0

No fix yet

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