CVE-2020-6492

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed a remote attacker to...

9.6 CriticalFix available

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

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.72%Down 0.1 points since Nov 3, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.6

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

Record: CVE-2020-6492
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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

Record: CVE-2020-6492
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2020-27642 No score

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

Record: EUVD-2020-27642
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7xw-9x43-vxfh No score

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed a remote attacker to...

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

Record: GHSA-j7xw-9x43-vxfh
Weakness: CWE-416
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 9.6

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

Record: CVE-2020-6492
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-6492 9.6

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

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6492
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-6492 9.6

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

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6492
CVSS 3.1: 9.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

google chrome

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`chromium` Debian:12	before 83.0.4103.106-1	83.0.4103.106-1
`chromium` Debian:13	before 83.0.4103.106-1	83.0.4103.106-1
`chromium` Debian:14	before 83.0.4103.106-1	83.0.4103.106-1
`chromium` Debian:10 From an advisory covering 69 CVEs	before 83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1, plus listed versions 73.0.3683.75-174.0.3729.108-175.0.3770.10-175.0.3770.80-175.0.3770.90-1 Show 30 moreShow less 76.0.3809.100-176.0.3809.100-1~deb10u176.0.3809.62-176.0.3809.71-176.0.3809.87-176.0.3809.87-278.0.3904.108-178.0.3904.108-1~deb10u178.0.3904.87-178.0.3904.97-178.0.3904.97-1~deb10u179.0.3945.130-179.0.3945.130-1~deb10u179.0.3945.130-279.0.3945.56-179.0.3945.79-180.0.3987.106-180.0.3987.116-180.0.3987.122-180.0.3987.122-280.0.3987.132-180.0.3987.132-1~deb10u180.0.3987.149-180.0.3987.149-1~deb10u180.0.3987.162-180.0.3987.162-1~deb10u181.0.4044.62-181.0.4044.92-183.0.4103.106-183.0.4103.83-1	83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1
`chromium-browser` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229 Show 45 moreShow less 49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125755.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126356.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.126857.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.127658.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.127758.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.127958.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.128159.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.128959.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.129160.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.129360.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.129861.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.130061.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.130662.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.130862.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.131362.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.131562.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.131763.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.268.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.170.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.170.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.16.04.170.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.171.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.171.0.3578.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.172.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.172.0.3626.121-0ubuntu0.16.04.173.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.173.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.16.04.174.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.16.04.1	84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
`chromium-browser` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	before 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1 Show 38 moreShow less 63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.170.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.171.0.3578.98-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.172.0.3626.121-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.173.0.3683.86-0ubuntu0.18.04.174.0.3729.169-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.175.0.3770.142-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.176.0.3809.100-0ubuntu0.18.04.177.0.3865.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.70-0ubuntu0.18.04.278.0.3904.97-0ubuntu0.18.04.178.0.3904.108-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.79-0ubuntu0.18.04.179.0.3945.130-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.87-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.149-0ubuntu0.18.04.180.0.3987.163-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.122-0ubuntu0.18.04.181.0.4044.138-0ubuntu0.18.04.183.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.1	84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-6492 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Google Chrome, published July 1, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in chromium 83.0.4103.106-1.

References

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Left out here: 13 versions. The JSON record has them.