high7.8Known exploited
CVE-2020-0938
Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2022-05-03.
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Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1507 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1607 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1709 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1803 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1809 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1903 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1909 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Rt 8.1 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 1803 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 1903 | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161299/Apple-CoreText-libFontParser.dylib-Stack-Corruption.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0938
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161299/Apple-CoreText-libFontParser.dylib-Stack-Corruption.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0938
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0938