CVE-2020-15999
freetype - security update
9.6
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
⚠ KEVEPSS 50.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-15999
To remediate CVE-2020-15999, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/freetype—upgrade to 2.10.0-r1 or later
Is CVE-2020-15999 being exploited?
Yes — CVE-2020-15999 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Patch immediately.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.6.0, < 2.10.0-r1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |