CVE-2020-5496 (GCVE-0-2020-5496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-03 00:00
Modified
2024-08-04 08:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T08:30:24.288Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085"
          },
          {
            "name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0089",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "GLSA-202004-14",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14"
          },
          {
            "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20240307 [SECURITY] [DLA 3754-1] fontforge security update",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2024-03-08T00:06:02.084815",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085"
        },
        {
          "name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0089",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "GLSA-202004-14",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory"
          ],
          "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14"
        },
        {
          "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20240307 [SECURITY] [DLA 3754-1] fontforge security update",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2020-5496",
    "datePublished": "2020-01-03T00:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2020-01-03T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T08:30:24.288Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2020-5496\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2020-01-03T22:15:13.333\",\"lastModified\":\"2024-11-21T05:34:10.007\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Modified\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"FontForge 20190801 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the Type2NotDefSplines() function in splinesave.c.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"FontForge versi\u00f3n 20190801, tiene  un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer en la regi\u00f3n heap de la memoria en la funci\u00f3n Type2NotDefSplines() en el archivo splinesave.c.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H\",\"baseScore\":8.8,\"baseSeverity\":\"HIGH\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"integrityImpact\":\"HIGH\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"HIGH\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":2.8,\"impactScore\":5.9}],\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P\",\"baseScore\":6.8,\"accessVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\"},\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"exploitabilityScore\":8.6,\"impactScore\":6.4,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":true}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-787\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20190801:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B87AF8DA-5CBE-4497-A0EF-779E168C2381\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B620311B-34A3-48A6-82DF-6F078D7A4493\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\"},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00041.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/4085\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Exploit\",\"Issue Tracking\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00007.html\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\"},{\"url\":\"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-14\",\"source\":\"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.