| Name | CVE-2017-11570 |
| Description | FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in umodenc (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 873587 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| fontforge (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 20120731.b-5+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:20170731~dfsg-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1 | vulnerable | |
| sid, trixie | 1:20230101~dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fontforge | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 873587 |
https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3097
Crash in GUI tool/related desktop libs, no security impact