GitHub Advisoryadvisory · NuGet

GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62 Heap buffer overflow in CefSharp

MEDIUM Published 2020-10-27 Modified 2025-02-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-15999
Ecosystem
NuGet
Packages
CefSharp.Common, CefSharp.Wpf, CefSharp.WinForms, CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-787
Reviewed
2020-10-27

Affected packages

• NuGet CefSharp.Common: < 85.3.130 → fixed in 85.3.130 • NuGet CefSharp.Wpf: < 85.3.130 → fixed in 85.3.130 • NuGet CefSharp.WinForms: < 85.3.130 → fixed in 85.3.130 • NuGet CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost: < 85.3.130 → fixed in 85.3.130

Description

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

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-15999 Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References