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CVE-2017-11568 Details

Description

FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in PSCharStringToSplines (psread.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3089 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958 CVE
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3089 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fontforge fontforge
20161012

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:fontforge:fontforge:20161012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-11568
NVD Published Date:
Jul 23, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-11568 Details - Not Deferred