DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17407

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17407 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

An issue was discovered in t1_check_unusual_charstring functions in writet1.c files in TeX Live before 2018-09-21. A buffer overflow in the handling of Type 1 fonts allows arbitrary code execution when a malicious font is loaded by one of the vulnerable tools: pdflatex, pdftex, dvips, or luatex.

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	texlive-bin	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	texlive-bin	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	texlive-bin	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	texlive-bin	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Sep 23, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17407 advisory

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