Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2020-0938
CVE-2020-0938
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.
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Affected products
11- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: unspecified
- Range: version 1803 (Core Installation)
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5Range: unspecified
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)v5Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
2- packetstormsecurity.com/files/161299/Apple-CoreText-libFontParser.dylib-Stack-Corruption.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0938mitrex_refsource_MISC
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