Is CVE-2020-6428 being actively exploited?

CVE-2020-6428 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-6428?

CVE-2020-6428 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2020-6428

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD

Use after free in audio in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.149 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 2.3% (83th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2020-27578)
Published: March 23, 2020
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-27578 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
google / chrome
opensuse / backports sle
suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
suse / suse linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00028.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00037.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html(Vendor Advisory)
https://crbug.com/1057593(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DDNOAGIX5D77TTHT6YPMVJ5WTXTCQEI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWANFIR3PYAL5RJQ4AO3ZS2DYMSF2ZGZ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-53(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4645(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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