{
  "id": "CVE-2020-15999",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2020-15999",
  "published": "2020-11-03T03:15:14.853Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:57:36.243Z",
  "score": 9.6,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.63894,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99206,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2021-11-17",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "Google"
  ],
  "products": [
    "Google Chrome"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-787",
    "CWE-120"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 9.6,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/33",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Not Applicable",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://crbug.com/1139963",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-15999.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J3QVIGAAJ4D62YEJAJJWMCCBCOQ6TVL7/",
      "tags": [
        "Release Notes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-12",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-04",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-19",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240812-0001/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-15999",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15999",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}