CVE-2020-15999

Vulnerability details

Google Chrome uses FreeType, an open-source software library to render fonts, which contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the function Load_SBit_Png when processing PNG images embedded into fonts. This vulnerability is part of an exploit chain with CVE-2020-17087 on Windows and CVE-2020-16010 on Android.

Added to CISA KEV: 2021-11-03

Ransomware campaign use: Unknown

CISA due date: 2021-11-17

Defensive guidance from CISA

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