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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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Chrome unspecified – < 86.0.4240.111 86.0.4240.111

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 freetype 2.10.2+dfsg-4 —
Debian 13 freetype 2.10.2+dfsg-4 —
Debian 12 freetype 2.10.2+dfsg-4 —
Debian 10 chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1 DSA-4824-1
Debian 10 freetype 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 DSA-4777-1
Debian 9 freetype 2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2 DLA-2415-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS freetype 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.1 USN-4593-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS freetype 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.1 USN-4593-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS android No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS chromium-browser 86.0.4240.198-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS freetype 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.5 USN-4593-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS freetype 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm2 USN-4593-2
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 RHSA-2020:4952
RHEL 7 freetype +2 2.8-14.el7_9.1 RHSA-2020:4907
RHEL 6 chromium-browser 86.0.4240.111-1.el6_10 RHSA-2020:4351
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.2 EUS freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_2.1 RHSA-2020:4951
RHEL 8.1 EUS freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_1.1 RHSA-2020:4950
RHEL 8.0 E4S freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_0.1 RHSA-2020:4949

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 ALSA-2020:4952

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 freetype 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 RLSA-2020:4952
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3458-1
SLES 15 SP2 MozillaThunderbird 78.5.0-3.107.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3528-1
SLES 15 SP2 ft2demos +1 2.10.1-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2995-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-3.119.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3383-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird 78.5.0-3.107.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3528-1
SLES 15 SP1 freetype2 2.10.1-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2995-1
SLES 15 freetype2 2.10.1-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2995-1
SLES 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES 12 SP5 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES 12 SP4 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES 12 SP3 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES 12 SP2 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-78.105.1 SUSE-SU-2020:14548-1
SLES for SAP 15 freetype2 2.10.1-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2995-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SLE HPC 15 freetype2 2.10.1-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2995-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 chromium 86.0.4240.183-bp152.2.26.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1829-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP2 gn 0.1807-bp152.2.3.4 openSUSE-SU-2020:1829-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 chromium 86.0.4240.111-bp151.3.116.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1731-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-112.36.1 SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 ft2demos +1 2.6.3-7.18.1 SUSE-SU-2020:2998-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 92.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed chromium 93.0.4577.82-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed freetype2 2.11.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10770-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-Pillow 8.3.2-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2026:11261-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:13827-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:11209-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-lp152.2.30.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2315-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:2020-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 MozillaThunderbird 78.5.0-lp152.2.19.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2096-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 chromium 86.0.4240.111-lp152.2.42.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1737-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 ft2demos +1 2.10.1-lp152.2.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1744-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 opera 72.0.3815.320-lp152.2.21.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1952-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-CairoSVG 2.5.1-lp152.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1134-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 python-Pillow 8.3.1-lp152.5.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2021:1134-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaFirefox 78.5.0-lp151.2.79.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2031-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaThunderbird 78.5.0-lp151.2.59.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:2187-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 chromium 86.0.4240.111-lp151.2.147.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1718-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 ft2demos +1 2.10.1-lp151.4.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1734-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 opera 72.0.3815.320-lp152.2.21.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1952-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 thunderbird 78.5.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox 83.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox-esr 78.5.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 freetype 2.10.4-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 freetype 2.10.1-r1 —
Alpine v3.10 freetype 2.10.0-r1 —
Alpine v3.9 freetype 2.9.1-r3 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 freetype +2 2.12.1-3.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2023-074
Amazon Linux 2 freetype +2 2.8-14.amzn2.1 ALAS2-2020-1565

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) freetype 2.11.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 freetype +1 2.9.1-4.el8_3.1 ELSA-2020-4952
Oracle Linux 7 freetype +2 2.8-14.el7_9.1 ELSA-2020-4907

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 3 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet CefSharp.Common < 85.3.130 85.3.130 GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62
NuGet CefSharp.WinForms < 85.3.130 85.3.130 GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf < 85.3.130 85.3.130 GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62
NuGet CefSharp.Wpf.HwndHost < 85.3.130 85.3.130 GHSA-pv36-h7jh-qm62

Advisories 50

References