CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-1436
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted fonts.For all systems except Windows 10, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code remotely, aka 'Windows Font Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows 10 1803
• microsoft windows 10 1809
• microsoft windows 10 1903
• microsoft windows 10 1909
• microsoft windows 10 2004
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1903
• microsoft windows server 2016 1909
• microsoft windows server 2016 2004
• microsoft windows server 2019
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/25/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/25/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1436 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-877/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/25/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/25/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1436 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-877/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry