{
  "cveId": "CVE-2020-15999",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-15999 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by freetype2-demos 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.1, released October 19, 2020. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.",
  "title": "freetype2-demos: Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111allowed a remote attacker to potentially expl...",
  "description": "Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via acrafted HTML page.",
  "published": "2020-10-19T17:00:00Z",
  "severity": "High",
  "cvss": 8.6,
  "epss": 0.63894,
  "epssPercentile": 0.99228,
  "priority": "Patch now",
  "priorityTier": 1,
  "exploited": true,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03T00:00:00Z",
    "due": "2021-11-17T00:00:00Z",
    "ransomware": false,
    "requiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions."
  },
  "fixes": [
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      "product": "chromium-browser",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "fix": "chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-chromium-browser-86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2021-01-08T11:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "chromium-browser-l10n",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-chromium-browser-l10n-86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2021-01-08T11:15:00Z"
    },
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      "released": "2021-01-08T11:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
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      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
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      "released": "2021-01-08T11:15:00Z"
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      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
      "released": "2021-01-08T11:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "freetype",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.9.1-4.el8_3.1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:4952",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-4952",
      "released": "2020-11-05T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "freetype",
      "release": "amzn 2023",
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      "fix": "ALAS2023-2023-074",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/alas2023-2023-074",
      "released": "2023-02-17T20:46:00Z"
    },
    {
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      "product": "freetype",
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      "released": "2020-11-13T00:00:00Z"
    },
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  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-09T13:31:49Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
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