⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
CVE-2020-0938 — Out-of-bounds Write in Microsoft Windows
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
87.0%
top 0.56%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
KEV addedNov 3
KEV dueMay 3
Latest updateMay 24
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted multi-master font - Adobe Type 1 PostScript format.For all systems except Windows 10, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code remotely, aka 'Adobe Font Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1020.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages9 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
9GHSA▶
GHSA-5g5q-fp24-vv4f: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted m↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2020-0938: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted m↗2020-04-15