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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-15999: FreeType: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-15999: FreeType: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/23/2020
Created
10/26/2020
Added
10/26/2020
Modified
04/07/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bin
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-freetype
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-chromium
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-google-chrome

References

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