CVE-2020-5496

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5496
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-03 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-24 01:53:00 UTC
DescriptionFontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fontforge Fontforge 20190801 All All All
Application Fontforge Fontforge 20190801 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function · Issue #4085 · fontforge/fontforge · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0089-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
FontForge: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202004-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 6000510 Debian Security Update for fontforge (DLA 3754-1)
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