CVE-2020-5395
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.025 · 84 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0586Red Hat fontforge: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2020-04-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (28)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4084cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S75EAVF4KPCH3WFBMZADUAU7EAXA7ZQ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MH6PKVQLBKIO7LQPDXB3MKI5I6AMDCN6/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5395cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157451/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-1921-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157519/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202004-14.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159360/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2020-3966-01.htmlcnnvd
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