VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-5496
FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.37% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- fontforge/fontforge · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.