CVE-2017-11573

NameCVE-2017-11573
DescriptionFontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs873588

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fontforge (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)20120731.b-5+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:20170731~dfsg-1+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye (security), bullseye1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm1:20230101~dfsg-1.1~deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie1:20230101~dfsg-4vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fontforgesource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant873588

Notes

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098
Crash in GUI tool/related desktop libs, no security impact

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