ALSA-2020:4844

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    ALSA-2020:4844

    Published: 3 Nov 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: fontforge security update

    Details: FontForge is a font editor for outline and bitmap fonts. It supports a range of font formats, including PostScript (ASCII and binary Type 1, some Type 3 and Type 0), TrueType, OpenType (Type2) and CID-keyed fonts. Security Fix(es): * fontforge: SFD_GetFontMetaData() insufficient CVE-2020-5395 backport (CVE-2020-25690) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-25690

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: fontforge

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/fontforge

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20170731-15.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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