VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2020-15999
Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
KEVCRITICAL 9.6EPSS 44.3%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 17 November 2021). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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 3.1
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 44.30% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 17 November 2021
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-120
- Affected
- google/chrome · freetype/freetype · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/backports sle · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1139963Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1139963Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.