CVE-2020-6450
Node.js vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2020-6450 is a Use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the WebAudio component of Google Chrome versions prior to 80.0.3987.162. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 17, 2020, and affects the Chrome browser's audio processing capabilities (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Use-after-free (CWE-416) issue in the WebAudio component of Chrome. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH), with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity but requires user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the context of the browser (CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google released a patch in Chrome version 80.0.3987.162 to address this vulnerability. Users and administrators are advised to upgrade to this version or later. The fix was also backported to various Linux distributions including Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and openSUSE (Red Hat Advisory).

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