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 cause an infinite malloc() loop and potentially crash the gnome-font-viewer process.
Published: 2026-01-29
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 12 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnome gnome-font-viewer
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-font-viewer:3.34.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gnome gnome-font-viewer

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gnome
Gnome fonts Viewer
Vendors & Products Gnome
Gnome fonts Viewer

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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 cause an infinite malloc() loop and potentially crash the gnome-font-viewer process.
Title Gnome Fonts Viewer 3.34.0 Heap Corruption
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Gnome Fonts Viewer Gnome-font-viewer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T20:46:25.992Z

Reserved: 2026-01-27T15:47:08.001Z

Link: CVE-2020-37011

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-29T16:46:17.052Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-29T15:16:08.300

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2020-37011

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-29T14:28:31Z

Links: CVE-2020-37011 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-30T08:42:48Z

Weaknesses