CVE-2020-25690 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Fontforge
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 23
Latest updateMay 24
Description
An 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-8m73-qxc4-m26m: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in FontForge in versions before 20200314 while parsing SFD files containing certain LayerCount tokens↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
CVE-2020-25690: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in FontForge in versions before 20200314 while parsing SFD files containing certain LayerCount tokens↗2021-02-23
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