High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-25690
CVE-2020-25690
Description
An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in FontForge in versions before 20200314 while parsing SFD files containing certain LayerCount tokens. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the memory allocated on the heap, causing the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/fontforge&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/fontforge&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/almalinux/fontforge
< 20170731-lp151.4.6.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 20170731-lp151.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20170731-11.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20170731-15.el8
Patches
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References
1- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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