CVE-2020-15999

Known Exploited Public Exploit

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.

Categories

9.6
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 92.69% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: Google Chrome
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://crbug.com/1139963 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html mailing list broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/ release notes vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33 mailing list not applicable third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html third party advisory exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-15999?
CVE-2020-15999 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-15999?
To fix CVE-2020-15999, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-15999 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2020-15999 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~93% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-15999?
CVE-2020-15999 affects Google Chrome.
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