CVE-2020-6438

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.

• CWE-209

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://crbug.com/714617Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XWIVVYIQU67QR2LHNGGZBS4FZOW2RQO/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFVP775RPRDVY5FUCN7ABH5AE74TQFDD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMXPDHEEACPD3BCMTC26SCCYB2ZMUOAO/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_7.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://crbug.com/714617Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XWIVVYIQU67QR2LHNGGZBS4FZOW2RQO/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFVP775RPRDVY5FUCN7ABH5AE74TQFDD/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XMXPDHEEACPD3BCMTC26SCCYB2ZMUOAO/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 13, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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