CVE-2020-5395 (GCVE-0-2020-5395)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:30
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Summary
FontForge 20190801 has a use-after-free in SFD_GetFontMetaData in sfd.c.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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