CVE-2020-0938

HIGH KEV

Microsoft Windows - Remote Code Execution via Adobe Type Manager Library Font Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-0938 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library improperly handles a specially-crafted multi-master font - Adobe Type 1 PostScript format.For all systems except Windows 10, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code remotely, aka 'Adobe Font Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1020.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.8702
EPSS Percentile 99.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV 2020-04-14
InTheWild.io 2020-04-14
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2020-2406
CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (19)
microsoft/windows_10_1507 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1607 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1709 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1803 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1809 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1903 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1909 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
... and 9 more
Published Apr 15, 2020
KEV Added Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026