Critical severity · published Nov 3, 2020
CVE-2020-15999
Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
In wildKEV
9.6
CVSS
63.9%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)63.9% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Nov 3, 2021
Federal remediation dueNov 17, 2021
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 86.0.4240.111 · source: vendor, NVD
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31 · source: NVD
FR
Freetype · Freetype
2.6.0 before 2.10.4 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CF
Chrome FreeType · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15999
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/1139963
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33
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