CVE-2020-27927

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.0.1, iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

gnome-font-viewer is vulnerable to denial of service. The vulnerability exists in texttoglyphs function of sushi-font-widget.c due to a NULL pointer dereference which allows an attacker to crash the application via a malicious TTF font file that does not have a name section...

About the security content of tvOS 14.2

About the security content of tvOS 14.2 This document describes the security content of tvOS 14.2. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available...

freetype: Heap-based buffer overflow due to integer truncation in Load_SBit_Png

A heap buffer overflow leading to out-of-bounds write was found in freetype. Memory allocation based on truncated PNG width and height values allows for an out-of-bounds write to occur in application memory when an attacker supplies a specially crafted TTF file...

FreeType: Arbitrary code execution

Background FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine. Description A flaw in FreeType’s handling of embedded PNG bitmaps was discovered where the image height and width was not checked to be within bounds. Impact A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted font file...

CVE-2020-9980

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution...

CVE-2020-9980

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution...

Design/Logic Flaw

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution...

CVE-2020-9980

CVE-2020-9980 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FontParser that could allow arbitrary code execution when parsing a malicious font file. The connected Apple advisories show affected components across multiple Apple platforms (macOS, iOS/iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS) and specify the fix in iOS 1...

CVE-2020-9980

An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6, macOS Catalina 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8. Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution...

VMware Workstation ThinPrint TTCHeader Integer Overflow Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of VMware Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within...

grub2: Integer overflow read_section_as_string may lead to heap-based buffer overflow

A flaw was found in grub2. An expected font value is not verified before proceeding with buffer allocations allowing an attacker to use a malicious font file to create an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation, and further heap-based buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability...

AZL-6458 CVE-2020-14310 affecting package grub2 for versions less than 2.06~rc1-7

There is an issue on grub2 before version 2.06 at function readsectionasstring. It expects a font name to be at max UINT32MAX - 1 length in bytes but it doesn't verify it before proceed with buffer allocation to read the value from the font value. An attacker may leverage that by crafting a...

grub2: Integer overflow read_section_as_string may lead to heap-based buffer overflow

A flaw was found in grub2. An expected font value is not verified before proceeding with buffer allocations allowing an attacker to use a malicious font file to create an arithmetic overflow, zero-sized allocation, and further heap-based buffer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability...

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s font library allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Windows operating system’s font library relates to the improper handling of embedded fonts. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted font file from a remote location...

Microsoft Windows PFB Font File Out-Of-Bounds Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of...

About the security content of tvOS 13.4.8

About the security content of tvOS 13.4.8 This document describes the security content of tvOS 13.4.8. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2010-1424

Unspecified vulnerability in JustSystems Ichitaro and Ichitaro Government 2006 through 2010 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file...

Arbitrary Code Execution

freetype is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability exists as multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled TrueType Font TTF, Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format BDF, Windows .fnt and .fon, and PostScript Type 1 fonts. If a specially-crafted font file was loaded by an...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

TeX Live is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. A use-after-free flaw was found in t1lib. A specially-crafted font file could, when opened, cause a TeX Live utility to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the utility...