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CVE-2020-37011 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48803	CISA-ADP	Exploit
https://apps.gnome.org/FontViewer/	[email protected]	ProductVendor
https://help.gnome.org/	[email protected]	Vendor
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48803	[email protected]	Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gnome-fonts-viewer-heap-corruption	[email protected]	AdvisoryExploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GNOME Fonts Viewer	3.34.0 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-font-viewer:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
May 26, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 29, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jan 29, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]