HIGH
fontforge: Heap-based buffer overflow in readcffset function
Published Jul 23, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.36%
Description
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in readcffset (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
fontforge
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
fontforge
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | fontforge | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | fontforge | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (6)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11574 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475392 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3090 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11574
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11574
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3958 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11574 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475392 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3090 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11574 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11574 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 23, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jul 23, 2017
Link CVE-2017-11574
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a