CVE-2020-37011
8.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Gnome Fonts Viewer 3.34.0 contains a heap corruption vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds write by crafting a malicious TTF font file. Attackers can generate a specially crafted TTF file with an oversized pattern to exhaust memory through repeated malloc() calls and potentially crash the gnome-font-viewer process.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME | Fonts Viewer | 3.34.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
Additional References
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48803
- https://help.gnome.org/
- https://apps.gnome.org/FontViewer/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gnome-fonts-viewer-heap-corruption
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