CVE-2020-15999

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 Metrics

• v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 44.30%• Percentile: 99%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

  The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

• CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

  The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

• alpine•freetype

  ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.0-r1 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.1-r1 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4-r0 | ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.9.1-r3

• debian•freetype

  < 2.10.2+dfsg-4 | < 2.10.2+dfsg-4 | < 2.10.2+dfsg-4 | < 2.10.2+dfsg-4

• debian•debian_linux

  10.0

• fedoraproject•fedora

  31

• freetype•freetype

  ≥ 2.6.0, < 2.10.4

• google•chrome

  ≥ unspecified, < 86.0.4240.111 | < 86.0.4240.111

• netapp•ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

  na

• NuGet•CefSharp.Common

  < 85.3.130

• NuGet•CefSharp.WinForms

  < 85.3.130

• NuGet•CefSharp.Wpf

  < 85.3.130

• NuGet•CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost

  < 85.3.130

• opensuse•backports_sle

  15.0:sp2

References (24)

• 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
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999
• https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms
• https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Common
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7
• https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-15999
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15999