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2 vulnerabilities found for Fonts Viewer by GNOME

CVE-2020-37011 (GCVE-0-2020-37011)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-29 14:28 – Updated: 2026-01-29 16:48
VLAI?
Title
Gnome Fonts Viewer 3.34.0 Heap Corruption
Summary
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Severity ?
0 (None)
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
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNOME Fonts Viewer Affected: 3.34.0
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Credits
Cody Winkler
Show details on NVD website
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CVE-2020-37011 (GCVE-0-2020-37011)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-29 14:28 – Updated: 2026-01-29 16:48
VLAI?
Title
Gnome Fonts Viewer 3.34.0 Heap Corruption
Summary
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Severity ?
0 (None)
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
7.5 (High)
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CWE
Assigner
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNOME Fonts Viewer Affected: 3.34.0
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Cody Winkler
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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