ubuntu-cve-2020-15999
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-10-20 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
9.6 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15999",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:29Z",
"published": "2020-10-20T00:00:00Z",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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