Out-of-bounds Read Affecting fontforge package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FONTFORGE-294885
  • published23 Jul 2017
  • disclosed23 Jul 2017

Introduced: 23 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 fontforge.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fontforge package and not the fontforge package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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