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CVE-2020-15999

ADVISORY - github

Summary

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

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

EPSS Score⁠: 0.92732 (0.997)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-120⁠

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-787⁠

Out-of-bounds Write

ADVISORY - github

CWE-119⁠

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-787⁠

Out-of-bounds Write

ADVISORY - gitlab

CWE-1035⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

CWE-119⁠

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-787⁠

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-937⁠

OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-122⁠

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-190⁠

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-120⁠CWE-787⁠

CVSS SCORE

9.6critical

GitHub

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDGHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-119⁠CWE-787⁠

CVSS SCORE

6.5medium

Alpine

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

9.6high

GitLab

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2020-15999

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-1035⁠CWE-119⁠CWE-787⁠CWE-937⁠

CVSS SCORE

6.5medium

Alma

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDALSA-2020:4952⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Amazon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDALAS2-2020-1565⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Amazon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDALAS2022-2022-033⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Amazon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDALAS2022-2022-154⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Amazon

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDALAS2023-2023-074⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-122⁠CWE-190⁠

CVSS SCORE

8.6high

Rocky

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2020:4952⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Oracle

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDELSA-2020-4907⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Oracle

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDELSA-2020-4952⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

intheWild

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2020-15999⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND

-

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

CISA

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY ID

CVE-2020-15999

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY