| Name | CVE-2020-15999 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2415-1, DSA-4777-1, DSA-4824-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 972586 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freetype (PTS) | bullseye | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.13.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | source | buster | 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1 | DSA-4824-1 | ||
| freetype | source | stretch | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2 | DLA-2415-1 | ||
| freetype | source | buster | 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 | DSA-4777-1 | ||
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 | 972586 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/20/7
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?59308
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=a3bab162b2ae616074c8877a04556932998aeacd
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2103