Vulnerability · CVE-2020-6572
Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Published Apr 1, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Google Chrome Media
Patch now
CVE-2020-6572 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm Google Chrome Media against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 10.59%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe google/chrome · vendor Google Chrome Media
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.
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- cpe google/chromeversion unspecified
- vendor Google Chrome Mediaversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2020-6572
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jul 10, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2020-6572 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 10, 2022. Confirm Google Chrome Media against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-416: Use After Free. EPSS 10.59%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jan 14, 2021 · Catalog
Detected
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.
Jan 10, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jul 10, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-6572
Google Chrome Media contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute code via a crafted HTML page.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-6572
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-6572
30-day exploitation probability 10.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-6572
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.
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-6572
Google Chrome Media contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute code via a crafted HTML page.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.