CVE-2020-6472: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-6472 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4Timeline
- 21-05-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory or disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.47% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (crbug.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian2 products
- chromium< 83.0.4103.83-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0
Opensuse2 products
- backports_sle15.0:sp1
- leapEOL15.1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL31 | 32
Google1 product
- chrome≥ unspecified, < 83.0.4103.61 | < 83.0.4103.61
Ubuntu1 product
- chromium-browser< 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 83.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
5 vendors · 7 products
References
12 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.htmlX Refsource MISCREPORTRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
