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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.6/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | >= unspecified, < 86.0.4240.111 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1139963Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1139963Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999US Government Resource
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 3, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- Added to CISA KEV
- Nov 3, 2021
- NVD status
- Analyzed