CVE-2020-15999

CRITICAL CISA KEV EPSS 98.8%
Published Nov 3, 20205y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.6 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Nov 3, 2020 5y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
KEV Listed Nov 3, 2021 4y ago
KEV Due Nov 17, 2021 1687d overdue

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 Details

Base Score
9.6
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
6.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

CISA Known Exploited Overdue 1687d
Added
Nov 3, 2021
Due
Nov 17, 2021

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EPSS Exploit Probability
98.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Actively Exploited (KEV)
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-120
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
googlechrome* <86.0.4240.111
freetypefreetype*≥2.6.0  –  <2.10.4
debiandebian_linux10.0any
fedoraprojectfedora31any
opensusebackports_sle15.0any
netappontap_select_deploy_administration_utility*any

References 12

  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
    Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33
    Mailing ListNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
  • chromereleases.googleblog.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
    Third Party Advisory
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1139963
    ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
  • googleprojectzero.blogspot.com https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
    Release Notes
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/
    Third Party Advisory
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999
    US Government Resource
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

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