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CVE-2020-15999

CRITICAL
9.6CVSS
Published: 2020-11-03
Updated: 2025-10-24
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-787CWE-120

Metadata

Primary Vendor
GOOGLE
Published
11/3/2020
Last Modified
10/24/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

google : chromefreetype : freetypedebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : backports_slenetapp : ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

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