Out-of-bounds Read Affecting fontforge package, versions <1:20190801~dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.3% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-FONTFORGE-516475
  • published23 Jul 2017
  • disclosed23 Jul 2017

Introduced: 23 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 fontforge to version 1:20190801~dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge package and not the fontforge package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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