CVE-2020-25690

Summary

CVECVE-2020-25690
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-23 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-03-01 21:19:00 UTC
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds write flaw was found in FontForge in versions before 20200314 while parsing SFD files containing certain LayerCount tokens. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the memory allocated on the heap, causing the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fontforge Fontforge All All All All
Application Fontforge Fontforge All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1893188 – (CVE-2020-25690) CVE-2020-25690 fontforge: SFD_GetFontMetaData() insufficient CVE-2020-5395 backport MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750532 OpenSUSE Security Update for font (openSUSE-SU-2020:2111-1)
  • 940179 AlmaLinux Security Update for fontforge (ALSA-2020:4844)
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