CVE-2020-15999 — Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
2021-11-03 • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
[event] 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.
> AFFECTED SOFTWARE
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Vendor | |
| Product | Chrome FreeType |
| CWE | CWE-787 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2020-15999 |
| Date Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due Date | 2021-11-17 |
| Ransomware Campaign | Unknown |
> MITIGATION
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Due Date: 2021-11-17