CVE catalog
CVE-2020-37011
gnome-font-viewer: CVE-2020-37011
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.45% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in Gnome Fonts Viewer. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious TrueType Font (TTF) file with an oversized pattern. This can trigger a heap corruption, leading to an out-of-bounds write and an infinite memory allocation loop. Successful exploitation can cause the application to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). gnome-font-viewer: Gnome Fonts Viewer: Denial of Service via malicious TTF font file The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnome-font-viewer | bookworm | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 16.04 | 3.16.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 16.04 | 3.16.2-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 16.04 | 3.16.2-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.26.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.26.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.26.0-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.27.90-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.27.90-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 18.04 | 3.28.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 20.04 | 3.34.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 20.04 | 3.34.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 22.04 | 41.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 22.04 | 41.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 24.04 | 45.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 24.04 | 45.0-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 24.04 | 46.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 24.04 | 46.0-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 25.10 | 48.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 25.10 | 48.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 26.10 | 49.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 26.10 | 50.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 26.10 | 50.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 26.04 | 48.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-font-viewer | 26.04 | 49.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gnome-font-viewer]Affected
Details (2)
43.0-1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnome-font-viewer · debian · bookworm
43.0-1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · gnome-font-viewer · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-37011]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-37011]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-37011]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-37011.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]