CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
Affected products
microsoft: windows 10 1507; 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; microsoft: windows 8.1; microsoft: windows rt 8.1; microsoft: windows server 1903; microsoft: windows server 1909; microsoft: windows server 2008; microsoft: windows server 2012; microsoft: windows server 2016
References3
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-… PatchVendor Advisory
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-… PatchVendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=… US Government Resource
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 65% percentile: 99 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
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