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Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2020-6554 – Google Chrome code execution

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in extensions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.

Impact

Code execution

Affected Vendors

Google

Affected Products

Google Chrome

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome (84.0.4147.125 or later).

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