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CVE-2020-15999

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
July 27, 2020
Published Date
November 03, 2020
Last Updated
February 04, 2025
Vendor
Google
Product
Chrome
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.
Tags
cisa

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.6 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
partial

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2020-12-30 19:58:33 UTC) Source

References

https://crbug.com/1139963 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04 https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824 https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Marmeus/CVE-2020-15999

Type: github • Created: 2020-12-30 19:58:33 UTC • Stars: 2

Todos los materiales necesarios para la PoC en Chrome y ftview

oxfemale/CVE-2020-15999

Type: github • Created: 2020-11-04 08:22:45 UTC • Stars: 2

CVE-2020-15999

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel