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CVE-2020-6542

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.125 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Debian — Debian LinuxFedoraproject — FedoraGoogle — Chrome

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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