VDB
CVE-2017-11573
CVE-2017-11573
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
FontForge 20161012 is vulnerable to a buffer over-read in ValidatePostScriptFontName (parsettf.c) resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted otf file.
EPSS 1.21% · 66.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.21%
66.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20190801~dfsg-2, 1:20190801~dfsg-2ubuntu1, 1:20190801~dfsg-4 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fontforge | *, 1:20201107~dfsg-4+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 1:20201107~dfsg-4build1 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | fontforge | 0, 1:20230101~dfsg-4build1, 1:20230101~dfsg-7 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | fontforge | 1:20161005~dfsg-4+deb9u1ubuntu1, 1:20170731~dfsg-1, 1:20170731~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | fontforge | 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1, 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 20120731.b-7.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | fontforge | 0, 1:20230101~dfsg-1build1, 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1 |
Timeline
- Jul 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11573 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/issues/3098 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11573 third-party-advisory