CVE-2020-0938

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.tenable.com/cyber-exposure/2020-threat-landscape-retrospective

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsoft-april-2020-patch-tuesday-addresses-113-cves-including-adobe-type-manager-library

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-15

Updated: 2021-07-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High