CVE-2020-15999 Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Active exploitation observed

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Ransomware campaigns Not observed so far

Weakness CWE-787

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.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Chrome 86.0	earliest → < 86.0.4240.111	86.0.4240.111

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