PT-2017-12105

CVE-2017-11568

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Published

2017-07-23

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Updated

2020-01-13

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FontForge version 20161012
Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer over-read in the PSCharStringToSplines function, located in the psread.c file. This can be triggered by a crafted otf file, potentially resulting in denial of service or code execution.
Recommendations For FontForge version 20161012, consider avoiding the use of crafted otf files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of otf files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2017-1979
DLA-1065-1
DSA-3958-1
MGASA-2018-0037
SUSE-SU-2019:2236-1
SUSE-SU-2019_2236-1
USN-3409-1
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