GHSA-PV36-H7JH-QM62

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-10-27 19:47 – Updated: 2025-02-03 15:31
VLAI
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

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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        "name": "CefSharp.Common"
      },
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  "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",
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  "modified": "2025-02-03T15:31:58Z",
  "published": "2020-10-27T19:47:38Z",
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    {
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}



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