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CVE-2020-15999

Google | Chrome FreeTypeAdded 2021-11-03Remediation Deadline 2021-11-17

Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Classification

CWE-787

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