---
id: "CVE-2020-6572"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2020-6572"]
title: "Google Chrome Media: Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.10586
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "vendor"
products: [{"name": "Google Chrome Media", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["browsers", "chrome", "desktop", "endpoints", "exploited", "vendor"]
not_affected_if: ["chromium-build-pinned-old-version-already-updated"]
published_at: "2021-01-14T21:15:13+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2020-6572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6572", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Google Chrome Media: Google Chrome Media Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Google Chrome's media component has a use-after-free bug that lets a remote attacker run code by getting a victim to load a crafted HTML page. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Google Chrome Media affected ? fixed ?

## How to check

Open chrome://version in each browser and compare the version with the fixed release in Google's advisory; unknown for the exact fixed version in these sources.

## Fix

Update Google Chrome to the latest stable release per vendor instructions (CISA KEV required action); exact fixed version unknown from these sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2020-6572
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-6572
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6572

## From the sources

Google Chrome Media contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute code via a crafted HTML page.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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