Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
3.19% (92nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1021948
- published 21 Oct 2020
- disclosed 3 Nov 2020
Introduced: 21 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-15999 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-15999
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://crbug.com/1139963
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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