ghsa-pv36-h7jh-qm62
Vulnerability from github
Published
2020-10-27 19:47
Modified
2024-02-15 14:33
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Heap buffer overflow in CefSharp
Details

Impact

A memory corruption bug(Heap overflow) in the FreeType font rendering library.

This can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by using specially crafted fonts with embedded PNG images .

As per https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/

Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2020-15999 exists in the wild.

Patches

Upgrade to 85.3.130 or higher

References

  • https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/
  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-releases-chrome-security-update-to-patch-actively-exploited-zero-day/
  • https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999
  • https://magpcss.org/ceforum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=17942

To review the CEF/Chromium patch see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/commits/cd6cbe008b127990036945fb75e7c2c1594ab10d

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        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "CefSharp.Common"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
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        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "CefSharp.Wpf"
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-15999"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-10-27T19:47:22Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-11-03T03:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nA memory corruption bug(Heap overflow) in the FreeType font rendering library.\n\n\u003e This can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by using specially crafted fonts with embedded PNG images .\n\nAs per https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/ \n\nGoogle is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2020-15999 exists in the wild.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to 85.3.130 or higher\n\n### References\n- https://www.secpod.com/blog/chrome-zero-day-under-active-exploitation-patch-now/\n- https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-releases-chrome-security-update-to-patch-actively-exploited-zero-day/\n- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999\n- https://magpcss.org/ceforum/viewtopic.php?f=10\u0026t=17942\n\nTo review the `CEF/Chromium` patch see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/commits/cd6cbe008b127990036945fb75e7c2c1594ab10d",
  "id": "GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62",
  "modified": "2024-02-15T14:33:33Z",
  "published": "2020-10-27T19:47:38Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Common"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Heap buffer overflow in CefSharp"
}


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