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CVE-2020-15999

9.6
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 63.9% · 99th pctCISA KEV · Exploited in the wild
2020-11-03•Updated 2025-10-21•KEV 2021-11-03
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2021-11-17

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.6 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableno
Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
GoogleChrome
unspecified to <86.0.4240.111

References

11 Links

Record Details

Published
2020-11-03
Last updated
2025-10-21
Assigner (CNA)
Chrome
Credited to
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