CVE-2020-6522: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Inappropriate implementation in external protocol handlers in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 31 only; version 32 only
• Google Chrome: before 84.0.4147.89 (fixed in 84.0.4147.89)
• Opensuse Backports Sle: version 15.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.1 only; version 15.2 only

Published 2020-07-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.