CVE-2020-6531
Publication date 22 July 2020
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Side-channel information leakage in scroll to text in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| chromium-browser | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
alexmurray
The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur
starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
4.3 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |