CVE-2020-5496

FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.html	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20190801:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-01-03 14:15

Updated : 2023-01-23 17:53

NVD link : CVE-2020-5496

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5496

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

fontforge

fontforge

opensuse

leap

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