How severe is CVE-2020-6572?

CVE-2020-6572 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 10.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2020-6572: Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-01-10

Remediation due

2022-07-10

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6572

Description

Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Google	Chrome	unspecified to <81.0.4044.92

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2021-01-14

Last updated

2026-01-12

Assigner (CNA)

Chrome

Credited to

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