CVE-2020-37011
Gnome Fonts Viewer 3.34.0 contains a heap corruption vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds write by crafting a malicious TTF font file. Attackers can generate a specially crafted TTF file with an oversized pattern to exhaust memory through repeated malloc() calls and potentially crash the gnome-font-viewer process.
Published:Jan 29, 2026
Last Modified:May 26, 2026
EPS:Jan 29, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00013
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gnome
Product
Fonts Viewer
Gnome
Fonts Viewer
Vendor
Gnome
Product
Gnome-font-viewer
Gnome
Gnome-font-viewer
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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