critical
CVE-2020-15999
freetype: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat8.6CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Julia9.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner, Julia, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), AlmaLinux (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high), GHSA (medium).
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 packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 1.0 | freetype | 0:2.11.1-1.cm1 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | freetype | 0:2.11.1-1.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | FreeType2_jll | 2.10.4+0 |
| Photon OS 1.0 | freetype2 | 2.7.1-7.ph1 |
| Photon OS 2.0 | freetype2 | 2.7.1-6.ph2 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | freetype2 | 2.9.1-2.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | freetype2, freetype2-devel | 2.10.2-3.ph4 |
| alma 8 | freetype, freetype-devel | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| alpine 3.10 | freetype | 2.10.0-r1 |
| alpine 3.11 | freetype | 2.10.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.12 | firefox, firefox-esr, freetype | 83.0-r0 and 2 more |
| alpine 3.13 | firefox, firefox-esr, freetype | 83.0-r0 and 2 more |
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| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 1.0 | freetype | 0:2.11.1-1.cm1 |
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | freetype | 0:2.11.1-1.cm2 |
| julia::Julia Ecosystem Security Advisories | FreeType2_jll | 2.10.4+0 |
| Photon OS 1.0 | freetype2 | 2.7.1-7.ph1 |
| Photon OS 2.0 | freetype2 | 2.7.1-6.ph2 |
| Photon OS 3.0 | freetype2 | 2.9.1-2.ph3 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | freetype2 | 2.10.2-3.ph4 |
| Photon OS 4.0 | freetype2-devel | 2.10.2-3.ph4 |
| alma 8 | freetype | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| alma 8 | freetype-devel | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| alpine 3.10 | freetype | 2.10.0-r1 |
| alpine 3.11 | freetype | 2.10.1-r1 |
| alpine 3.12 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | firefox | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | freetype | 2.9.1-r3 |
| alpine edge | freetype | 2.10.4-r0 |
| alpine edge | librewolf | 83.0-r0 |
| amazon linux 2 | freetype | 2.8-14.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | freetype-debuginfo | 2.8-14.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | freetype-demos | 2.8-14.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2 | freetype-devel | 2.8-14.amzn2.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype-debuginfo | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype-debugsource | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype-demos | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype-demos-debuginfo | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2022 | freetype-devel | 2.11.0-6.amzn2022.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype-debuginfo | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype-debugsource | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype-demos | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype-demos-debuginfo | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| amazon linux 2023 | freetype-devel | 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 |
| debian 10 | chromium | 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1 |
| debian 10 | freetype | 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 |
| debian 11 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| debian 12 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| debian 13 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| debian 14 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| debian 9 | freetype | 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2 |
| echo | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | CefSharp.Common | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | CefSharp.WinForms | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | CefSharp.Wpf | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | cefsharp.common | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | cefsharp.winforms | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | cefsharp.wpf | 85.3.130 |
| nuget::GitHub Security Advisory NuGet | cefsharp.wpf.hwndhost | 85.3.130 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | freetype | 2.8-14.el7_9.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | freetype-demos | 2.8-14.el7_9.1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | freetype-devel | 2.8-14.el7_9.1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | freetype | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | freetype-devel | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| rocky 8 | freetype | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| rocky 8 | freetype-devel | 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-4 |
| seal Red Hat 6 | freetype | 2.3.11-19.el6_10+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 6 | seal-freetype | 2.3.11-19.el6_10+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 7 | freetype | 2.8-14.el7_9.1+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 7 | seal-freetype | 2.8-14.el7_9.1+sp999 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | freetype | 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | chromium-browser | 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | freetype | 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | freetype | 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | chromium-browser | 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04 | freetype | 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | freetype | 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.1 |
| ubuntu 20.04 | freetype | 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 20.04-ESM | freetype | 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 20.10 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 21.04 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 21.10 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 22.04 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 22.10 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 23.04 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 23.10 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 24.04 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 24.10 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
| ubuntu 25.04 | freetype | 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-15999.json
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2103
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- https://crbug.com/1139963
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4952.html
All 32 references
- https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp
- https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/security/advisories/GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2020-15999.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4952.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4593-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4593-2
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15999
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/#CVE-2020-15999
- https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Common
- https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.WinForms
- https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf
- https://www.nuget.org/packages/CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost