Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-6438
CVE-2020-6438
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.
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Affected products
13- cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1
< 81.0.4044.92-lp151.2.77.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 81.0.4044.92-lp151.2.77.1
- (no CPE)range: < 93.0.4577.82-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 81.0.4044.92-bp151.3.66.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- crbug.com/714617nvdExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00024.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00031.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XWIVVYIQU67QR2LHNGGZBS4FZOW2RQO/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFVP775RPRDVY5FUCN7ABH5AE74TQFDD/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMXPDHEEACPD3BCMTC26SCCYB2ZMUOAO/nvd
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