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CVE-2020-0938

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.69166
Risk score
80.41
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2021-11-03
Modified
2021-11-03
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2020-2406, GHSA-5G5Q-FP24-VV4F
Products
Microsoft:Windows, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems unspecified, Microsoft:Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems, Microsoft:Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems, Microsoft:Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2, Microsoft:Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2012, Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft:Windows Server 2012 R2 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2016, Microsoft:Windows Server 2016 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server 2019, Microsoft:Windows Server 2019 (Core installation), Microsoft:Windows Server version 1803 (Core Installation), Microsoft:Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) unspecified, Microsoft:Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation) unspecified
Sources
euvd EUVD-2020-2406
cisa.gov CVE-2020-0938

Description

Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Manager Library contains an unspecified vulnerability when handling specially crafted multi-master fonts (Adobe Type 1 PostScript format) that allows for remote code execution for all systems except Windows 10. For systems running Windows 10, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in an AppContainer sandbox context with limited privileges and capabilities.

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