What is RHSA-2020:1981?

RHSA-2020:1981 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with High severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2020:1981 cover?

RHSA-2020:1981 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-6462, CVE-2020-6461. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2020:1981?

RHSA-2020:1981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2020:1981?

RHSA-2020:1981 affects 18 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6); Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6); Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6); chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2020:1981HighCVSS 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

April 30, 2020

Last Modified

November 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2020-6462 →CVE-2020-6461 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-6461 — chromium-browser: Use after free in storage CVE-2020-6462 — chromium-browser: Use after free in task scheduling

🎯 Affected products18

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)
chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:81.0.4044.129-1.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products18

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (5)