CVE-2020-15999 · netVigilance record NV21-0123

Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow

past due

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2021-11-17 · passed 4 years 9 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

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.

Who is affected

Google Chrome FreeType. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-787.

Timeline

2021-11-03
Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
2021-11-17
CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 years 9 months ago

Sources

NVD entry for CVE-2020-15999 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999