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GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62

MediumCVSS 6.5 / 10
Published Oct 27, 2020·Last modified Feb 3, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

A memory corruption bug(Heap overflow) in the FreeType font rendering library.

This can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by using specially crafted fonts with embedded PNG images .

As per https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/

Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2020-15999 exists in the wild.

Patches

Upgrade to 85.3.130 or higher

References

  • https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/
  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-releases-chrome-security-update-to-patch-actively-exploited-zero-day/
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999
  • https://magpcss.org/ceforum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17942

To review the CEF/Chromium patch see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/commits/cd6cbe008b127990036945fb75e7c2c1594ab10d

Risk Scores
Base Score
6.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.5

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
50.63%

The exploit probability is high. The vulnerability is very likely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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