CVE-2020-1020: Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

First published: Wed Apr 15 2020(Updated: )

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-2020-0938.

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Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10	=1607
Microsoft Windows 10	=1709
Microsoft Windows 10	=1803
Microsoft Windows 10	=1809
Microsoft Windows 10	=1903
Microsoft Windows 10	=1909
Microsoft Windows 7	=sp1
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	=sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008	=r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012	=r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	=1803
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	=1903
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	=1909
Microsoft Windows Server 2019

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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1020

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