UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25690
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690
Upstream
Published
2021-02-23T04:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T17:15:03.774103Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in FontForge in versions before 20200314 while parsing SFD files containing certain LayerCount tokens. This flaw allows an attacker to manipulate the memory allocated on the heap, causing the application to crash or execute arbitrary code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20170731~dfsg-1build1
1:20170731~dfsg-2
1:20190801~dfsg-2
1:20190801~dfsg-2ubuntu1
1:20190801~dfsg-4

1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.*

1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge3",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdraw6",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20190801~dfsg-4ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20201107~dfsg-4
1:20201107~dfsg-4build1

1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.*

1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-1build1
1:20230101~dfsg-1build2

1:20230101~dfsg-1.*

1:20230101~dfsg-1.1
1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"

Ubuntu:25.10

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20230101~dfsg-8?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20230101~dfsg-4build1
1:20230101~dfsg-4build2
1:20230101~dfsg-7
1:20230101~dfsg-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-extras",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge4",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20230101~dfsg-8"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20120731.*

20120731.b-5
20120731.b-5ubuntu1
20120731.b-7.1
20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1
20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge1",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdraw4",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

fontforge

Package

Name
fontforge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/fontforge@1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1ubuntu1
1:20170731~dfsg-1

1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.*

1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-common",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "fontforge-nox",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfontforge2",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgdraw5",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-fontforge",
            "binary_version": "1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25690.json"