CVE-2020-15999: Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Critical · CVSS 9.6 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 63.9%, 99th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Google: Chrome
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html (opens in new tab)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html (opens in new tab)
- crbug.com/1139963 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33 (opens in new tab)
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QV… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12 (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04 (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)