FKIE_CVE-2020-1020

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-04-15 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:00
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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-2020-0938.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1020Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1020Patch, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-1020US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_10_1507 -
microsoft windows_10_1507 -
microsoft windows_10_1607 -
microsoft windows_10_1709 -
microsoft windows_10_1803 -
microsoft windows_10_1803 -
microsoft windows_10_1803 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1809 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1903 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_10_1909 -
microsoft windows_7 -
microsoft windows_8.1 -
microsoft windows_rt_8.1 -
microsoft windows_server_1903 -
microsoft windows_server_1909 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_server_2012 -
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2
microsoft windows_server_2016 -
microsoft windows_server_2019 -
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