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CVE-2020-15999

CVE-2020-15999CRITICAL

Google Chrome FreeType

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  C  H  H  H    9.6   .6389   99.2   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions       Fixed
  Chrome   unspecified –  —

TIMELINE
  Jul 27  Reserved by Chrome
  Nov 3   Published (CNA: Chrome)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17

CWE-120 · CNA: Chrome · CVSS v3.1 · 12 references · KEV due November 17, 2021

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
July 27, 2020	Reserved	Reserved by Chrome
November 3, 2020	Published	Published (CNA: Chrome)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2021-11-17

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Google	Chrome	—	unspecified	—

Weaknesses

CWE-120

References (12)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html [vendor-advisory]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33 [mailing-list]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
https://crbug.com/1139963
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/ [vendor-advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12 [vendor-advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04 [vendor-advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19 [vendor-advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999 [government-resource]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 [vendor-advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-15999 at cve.org

Vendors: google

Weaknesses: CWE-120

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