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CVE-2020-15999: Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Google Chrome FreeType · in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
2021-11-03added to KEV
2021-11-17federal remediation due date
44.30%EPSS exploit probability (30 days) 98.7th percentile
9.6 CRITICALCVSS 3.1
Unknownknown ransomware use
365days from NVD publication to KEV
What it is
Google Chrome uses FreeType, an open-source software library to render fonts, which contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the function Load_SBit_Png when processing PNG images embedded into fonts. This vulnerability is part of an exploit chain with CVE-2020-17087 on Windows and CVE-2020-16010 on Android.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| CWE | CWE-787 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD published | 2020-11-03 (Analyzed) |
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